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SCURVYGRASS
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This one's a cliffhanger - sailors At sea sicken for A haven from the waves, Searching the shore, Finding in rocky coves A promise of kindness in its petals, Healing in its heart-shaped leaves. |
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Scurvygrass is salt tolerant and grows extensively by the sea. Containing lots of available Vitamin C, it was used to treat sufferers from scurvy - "those that lie lamentable sick of the scurvies", as Gerard put it in his Herbal - which particularly affected sailors deprived of fresh vegetables while at sea, so collected as a cure when they made landfall. |
Otherworld Birds and Seals
Solomon's Seal
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| Solomon’s Seal with Bluebells Llanfihangel Genau’r Glyn May Eve, 2021 |
Hanging like a harp it heralds
the spring secretly in shade,
in wisdom awaiting warmer days
when the Song of Songs is sung
in the garden and Summer is made.
in wisdom awaiting warmer days
when the Song of Songs is sung
in the garden and Summer is made.
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