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I am not sure what Ninna said, but finally I calmed down enough to listen. It was used historically to also restore color to gray hair, and the Roman ladies used an infusion of the flowers to add a golden glow to their hair.

I did save Joe Devlin's life, even if I was only an assistant mini mountain medicine woman. My mother should have known better. Or to float leaf boats. No highly trained, intensely competent 8 year old was going to take her place.

The oxalic acid content in sorrel can be reduced by parboiling before cooking.Along about the same time, around the early eighteenth century, a tea made from sorrel root was long recommended by herbalists as a diuretic, but its use is not a valid idea...

However, it is widely used in European cough remedies, and they continue to be sold in the United States. I grew up during WWII, and there was not much candy available. To me they were as good as any candy, and all I had to do to have one was to cough,...

I could hear him clawing the dried plant as I lay awake watching Sputnik soar above me. If ever a plant was meant to be enjoyed for no other reason than the pleasure it gives us, then let's enjoy mountain mist.

Even as a little girl, I knew what stoneroot was.My great Aunt Bett knew everybody far and wide. It seems Callie May had "the stone" quite often. I watched as she slurped the tea, hidden as I was behind the oak tree.

Aunt Bett didn't eat an ear of corn, she ate a roasineer. "That's the Lickrish Butterfly," I said in my loudest classroom voice for all to hear.Well, I swear, if that whole class (entirely made up of juniors and seniors and me, the only sophomore) didn't...

Remove from heat and steep for 15 minutes.Invigorating and tangy. Steep for 5 minutes.A pleasant afternoon tea. Sometimes longer steeping can be tried, but with some herbs I have found that the longer it is steeped, the more bitter it seems.Another thing...

I love horehound, and could very easily eat it like candy.I kept searching through the tablet. We dried them between screens on her back porch. The bees followed the hyssop's scent through the open windows of the church and very nearly upset the entire...

Now Goldy, not to be outdone by anything new that anybody had, went right out in the road and talked those telephone men into hooking up a line to her house; she even cooked them dinner and baked them a pie.

I looked from one grandmother to the other, thinking I might cry. They were also responsible for keeping their families clothed and warm during the cold winter months. It went right along with all the discoveries that I made with my great Aunt Bett.

I reached inside the bag, and pulled out an old fashioned doll, all dressed in white, the fabric looking much like that of curtains, and she had wings that were made of wire covered in another sheer white fabric.

More recently, my uncle who is now 84 years old told me that when he was little he had rheumatic fever, and Aunt Bett and her mother used burdock and chicken broth to treat him. Some folks ate the stalks, cut before the plant bloomed, and she said when...

I can tell you truly, the star thistle is indeed a trap for bare feet. She didn't wear it anyway. During the winter I wore brown Buster Browns, but come spring, I sported new saddle shoes.

Repeat till all layers are stacked. To be very honest, the front corner of the muslin could be tucked up under the brim of the hat until we got to the bee balm patch, but then it had to be lowered, simply because the bees had found the bee balm before...

You will also need protection against cold and rain as we may very well get within clouds while walking and the altitude means it can be pretty cold. But sun is also here and if we are lucky and get bright sky you can easily come back with sunburns as...

You've been drinkin' that rotgut likker since you's a little boy, and it's done ruint your life. "Carl, you are a lot younger'n me, but your insides must be about 95. I remember thinking that if I had a mind to, I could follow that road all the way along...

I had never seen the shed used for anything.Now I did not see the actual event, but soon after it took place I went with Granny Ninna and Aunt Bett out to the shed where the men were standing around.

It's like when you sleep, your body gets the rest it needs to grow another day. We were fresh out of strawberries and it was only February.I knew strawberries came up every year in the same place in our back garden, and I thought perhaps I might give...

They came along right after the branches of witch hazel that I was never allowed to bring into the house anymore lest their seed pods pop in the warmth of our home, throwing tiny black seeds all over my mother's pristine house (again!).I found the bushes,...

I had been told that most ferns became supplemental foods for weary travelers who were carving their way through the mountains looking for a safe place to settle. Truth is, there have been no tests to confirm or deny that it works on anything.

Tiny, fragrant, cream-white, five petaled flowers bloom from June through August and grow in terminal clusters. I had to have a lot of nightmares before she was convinced to let me take care of my own room.

So we went to get some fresh Solomon's Seal roots.The roots were sliced lengthwise and laid across the bruises on Lissie's legs and one arm, then wrapped and held in place by strips of clean white muslin.

That camphor was so strong I thought it would wake up all the daid for miles around, but young Mason never moved. It smelt right strong but not strong enough to wake up young Mason.

As he ran, he was trying to get rid of those that made their way down his shirt collar.All photos are from Plant Files. And Joe Devlin and his evil cronies stayed out of my way.My favorite plants were those that seemed helpless.

If the pod is tough while green, it will be even tougher when it dries, and too tough to eat when it is cooked. As a matter of fact, the closet in my upstairs bedroom led directly into the attic of our house.

For the life of me I see no other purpose for it. I never drank it for coffee, certainly not when I had plenty of chicory. I was a magnet for cleavers.Cleavers is a native of Eurasia and North America, and it grows throughout the United States, and most...