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Beltaine '08 Treasure Hunt: EGLANTINE
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 EGLANTINE Also called Sweet Briar, this lovely plant grows in woodlands and at the edges of fields. It buds in early spring and flowers in summer. The spongy fruits or "apples" can be pounded to paste, mixed with honey and wood-ash, and applied to the scalp as a tonic. Dry the fruits, powder them and mix with white wine to strengthen the kidneys. A boiled decoction of the roots of the sweet briar is good for venomous bites. The hips of the fruits can be made into a conserve and eaten to aid digestion and sharpen the appetite. (Culpeper's Herbal) It is a native of Britain, mainly found to the south. It is cultivated as a garden plant, more for its scent than flowers. The fruits were more popular in Shakespeare's era. Drayton says, "They'll fetch you conserve from the hip and lay it softly on your lip." http://5guys.wordpress.com/plant-lore-of-shakespeare/ There is another reference to this romantic plant in the story of Tristram and Ysonde, a legend which probably originated in Brittany. "From his grave there grew an eglantine which twined about the statue, a marvel for all men to see; and though three times they cut it down, it grew again, and ever wound its arms about the image of the fair Ysonde." The Folklore of Plants by by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer: http://www.archive.org/stream/thefolkloreofpla10118gut/10118.txt Eglantine plaque created especially for the Treasure Hunt by Fedelm Cruithni |
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