Slide 1 : Thyme -THYMUS VULGARIS
BY CELLI
Thyme - Thymus vulgaris - Common Thyme, Garden Thyme
Woolly Thyme - T. pseudolanuginosus
Creeping Thyme - T. praecax sub. arcticus
Creeping red flowed Thyme - T. praecax sub. arcticus " coccineus"
Mother of Thyme - T. praecax subsp. arcticus
Nutmeg Thyme - T. Herba-barona "nutmeg"
Caraway Thyme - Herba-barona
Silver Thyme - T. ctiriodorus "argenteus"
Lemon Thyme - T. citriodorus
Camphor Thyme - T. campboratus
Broussonetii Thyme - T. Broussonetii
Feminine, VENUS, WATER
Powers: Health, Healing, Sleep, Psychic Powers, Love, Purification,
Courage
Slide 2 : Thyme is burned to attract good heath and is also worn for this purpose.
It is also used in Healing spells. Placed beneath the pillow, it ensures
restful sleep and a pleasant lack of nightmare. Worn, Thyme aids in
developing psychic powers, and women who wear a sprig of Thyme in the
hair make themselves irresistible and you will be able to see fairies.
Thyme is also a purificatory herb; the Greeks burned it in their temples
to purify them and so Thyme is often burned prior to magical rituals to
cleanse the area. In spring a magical cleansing bath composed of
marjoram and Thyme is taken to ensure all the sorrow and ills of the
past are removed from the person.
Thyme is also carried and smelled to give you courage and energy. In
medieval times the plant symbolized courage, and to keep up their
spirits, knights departing for the Crusades received scarves embroidered
with a sprig of Thyme from their ladies.
Thyme's Greek name Thymon is thought to be taken from either a Greek
verb meaning "to fumigate" or a noun meaning "courage". The Roman writer
Virgil and Pliny described Thyme as a fumigant. On the other hand in
both ancient and medieval times the invigorating qualities of the plant
were thought to inspire courage. In the Middle Ages, sleeping on a
pillow stuffed with Thyme was urged for people tormented with depression
or epilepsy. According to legend the king of the fairies and his
followers dance in beds of wild Thyme at midnight of midsummer Night.
Slide 3 : COOKING
Parsley--good in soups, with all meats, sauces, stuffings, all egg and cheese dishes and salads.
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Sage--Meats, especially pork benefit from this. Also good in stews, meat stuffings, on baked fish, with poultry dishes, with tomatoes, green beans, green salads, lima beans, onions and eggplant.
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Rosemary--good with soups, meat loaf, stews, fish, chicken, beef, pork, veal, stuffings, most meat sauces, potatoes, peas, lima beans, spinach and eggs.
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Thyme--last but certainly not least. This herb is good in tomato soup, clam chowder, especially good with pork and veal, sauces, pot roasts, egg and cheese dishes onion, peas salads and fresh tomatoes.
Slide 4 : MARIGOLD BY Tarna
What flower is that which bears thr Virgin's name, The riches metal joined to the same? John Gay - poet, dramaist - wrtten in the late 1600s.
MARIGOLD - CALENDULA OFFICINALIS
The ancient Romans gave this plant it's name of Calendula. It was seen to be in flower on the first day of the month or calends. The Romans grew this plant to treat scorpion bites and because it was pretty and bloomed for a long time.
It is know by these other Names: Bride of the Sun, Calendula, Drunkard, Goldes, Holigolde, Husband-man's Dial, Marybud, Marygold, Mary Goweles, Ruddes, Ruddles, Spousa Solis, Summer's Bride.It is masculine, ruled by the Sun and is of the element of Fire. It's sign is Leo. It's powers are over Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Legal Matter, Psychic Powers.
Marigolds picked at noon when the Sun is at its hottest and strongest, will strengthen and comfort the heart. Garlands of Marigolds strung on the doorpost stop evil from entering the house, and scattered under the bed they protect you while asleep and give you true dream. Especially effective in discovering a thief who has robbed you.Marigold added to the bath water help win the respect and admiration of
everyone you meet. Looking at the bright flowers strengthens the sight,
and carried in the pocket, Marigold helps justice to smile favorably upon
you while in court. If a girl touches the petals of the Marigold with her
bare feet, she will understand the languages of the birds.
Slide 5 : Also to see faries, here is and old formula: Take a pint of sallet oyle and put it into a vial galsse; and first wash it with rose-water and Marygolde water; the flowers to be gathered toward the east. Wash it till the oyle becomes white, then put into the glasse, and then put thereto the budds of young hazle, abd the tyme must be gathered neare the side of
a hill where fairies use to be; and take the grasse of a fairy throne; then all these put into the oyle in the glasse and sette it to dissolve three dayes in the sune and then keep it for thy use.
Marigolds are not used in cooking much anymore but in the past they were used as a vegetable. They are often gown with spinach and cooked with it. in Elizabethan times they were used to flavor stewed lark or sparrow, in soup, and oatmeal. A good cook would have throw Marigolds in with just about anything. If you can find them there are recipes for Calendula pudding ( it is really excellent), dumplings and wine.
Antispasmodic (helps relieves cramps), aperient (a gentle laxative), cholagogue (increasing the flow of bile to the intestines), diaphoretic (an agent that promotes perspiration), vulnerary (a healing application for wounds). An infusion of the flowers (either the ray flower alone or the whole head) can be used for such gastrointestinal problems as ulcers,
stomach cramps, colitis and diarrhea. It is also useful taken internally for fever, boils, abscesses and to prevent recurrent vomiting. The fresh juice of the herb or flowers can substitute for the infusion. For external use, a very good salve for wounds can be made from the dried flowers or leaves from the juice pressed out of the fresh flowers or from
the tincture. The salve or dilute tincture is also good for bruise, sprains, pulled muscles, sores, and boils.
Slide 6 : Homework!
ASSIGNMENT:
Make or reseach - a herbal amulet Present list of herbs used and describe ritual.