The Religion of the Ancient Celts 8 2
The Religion of the Ancient Celts 8 2
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[690] _Samolus_ was placed in drinking troughs as a remedyagainst disease in cattle. It was culled by a person fasting, with theleft hand; it must be wholly uprooted, and the gatherer must not lookbehind him. [691] _Vervain_ was gathered at sunrise after a sacrifice tothe earth as an expiation--perhaps because its surface was about to bedisturbed. When it was rubbed on the body all wishes were gratified; itdispelled fevers and other maladies; it was an antidote againstserpents; and it conciliat...ed hearts. A branch of the dried herb used toasperge a banquet-hall made the guests more convivial[692] The ritual used in gathering these plants--silence, various tabus, ritual purity, sacrifice--is found wherever plants are culled whosevirtue lies in this that they are possessed by a spirit. Other plantsare still used as charms by modern Celtic peasants, and, in some cases, the ritual of gathering them resembles that described by Pliny. [693] InIrish sagas plants have magical powers. "Fairy herbs" placed in a bathrestored beauty to women bathing therein.
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[690] _Samolus_ was placed in drinking troughs as a remedyagainst disease in cattle. It was culled by a person fasting, with theleft hand; it must be wholly uprooted, and the gatherer must not lookbehind him. [691] _Vervain_ was gathered at sunrise after a sacrifice tothe earth as an expiation--perhaps because its surface was about to bedisturbed. When it was rubbed on the body all wishes were gratified; itdispelled fevers and other maladies; it was an antidote againstserpents; and it conciliat...ed hearts. A branch of the dried herb used toasperge a banquet-hall made the guests more convivial[692] The ritual used in gathering these plants--silence, various tabus, ritual purity, sacrifice--is found wherever plants are culled whosevirtue lies in this that they are possessed by a spirit. Other plantsare still used as charms by modern Celtic peasants, and, in some cases, the ritual of gathering them resembles that described by Pliny. [693] InIrish sagas plants have magical powers. "Fairy herbs" placed in a bathrestored beauty to women bathing therein.
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