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Hatfield's Herbal is the story of how people all over Britain have used its wild plants throughout history, for reasons magical, mystical and medicinal. Gabrielle Hatfield has drawn on a lifetime's knowledge to describe the properties of over 150 native plants, and the customs that surround them: from predicting the weather with seaweed to using deadly nightshade to make ladies' pupils dilate appealingly, and from ensuring a husband's faithfulness with butterbur to warding off witches by planting a rowan tree. Filled with stories, folklore and remedies both strange and practical, this is a memorable and eye-opening guide to the richness of Britain's heritage.
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'a wonderful celebration of the nation's flora ... the perfect companion for a walk in the country'
-- Guardian
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-- Guardian
Most people know that dock leaves can relieve the sting of a nettle - but did you know that in Scotland they were used to clean teeth? That in Lincolnshire chewing on willow bark was said to cure a hangover? Or that children once wore daisy chains to protect themselves against kidnap by fairies (and that the flowers can be used to make whisky)?
This is the story of how people all over Britain have used its wild plants throughout history, for reasons magical, mystical and medicinal. Gabrielle Hatfield has drawn on a lifetime's knowledge to describe the properties of over 150 native plants, and the customs that surround them: from predicting the weather with seaweed to using Deadly Nightshade to make ladies' pupils dilate appealingly, and from ensuring a husband's faithfulness with the plant Butterbur to warding off witches by planting a Rowan tree.
Filled with stories, folklore and remedies both strange and practical, this is a wonderfully different guide to the richness of Britain's heritage.
'Covers remedies from agrimony to yew and the history of their use' Sunday Times, Books of the Year
'Witty and entertaining. Immediately "dip-in-able"' Gardens Illustrated
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 014102514X
- ISBN 13 9780141025148
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages464
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