Rosemary, the herb of remembrance, is my favorite herb. We grow it in pots and outside along the fence. Unfortunately, it is Hub's least favorite, so I rarely get to use it in cooking. On warm days, I pinch off a twig from the pot on the front porch and put it in my car. It deodorizes the whole car, making it smell like a herb garden instead of old coffee. Put rosemary leaves under thy bedde and thou shalt be delivered of all evill dreames. ~ Banckes' Herbal, 1525 As for Rosemarine, I lett it runne all over my garden walls, not onlie because my bees love it, but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance. . .that maketh it the chosen emblem of our funeral wakes and in our buriall grounds. ~Sir Thomas More, 1478-1535 The Ancients were well acquainted with rosemary, which had a reputation for strengthening the memory. On this account it became the emblem of fidelity for lovers. It holds a special position among herbs from the symbolism attached to...
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