מס"ע – מרכז לסיפורי עם
ולפולקלור
C.F.F - Center of Folktales and Folklore
From Cedar to Hyssop
A Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine
BY
GRACE M. CROWFOOT
LOUISE BALDENSPERGER
He spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall. (Kings I, 4, 33)
LONDON
THE SHELDON PRESS
Northumberland Avenue, W.C.2
New York and Toronto: The Macmillan Company
The Orphans' Printing Press, Ltd., 10 & 12 Broad Street, Leominster
1932
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Cedars of Lebanon
CONTENTS
Introductions (v-vii)
I. The Peasant's Year in Proverb and Saying (1-11)
II. Corn, Wine and Oil (12-30)
1. Corn
2. The wine
3. The Olive tree
III. Wild Foods (31-48)
1. Greens
2. Of Sallets
3. Roots and Bulbs
4. Pulse
5. Wild Bread
IV. Plants with Folk Uses (49-68)
1. Fuel and Tinder
2. Plants with amusing names, proverbs or uses
3. Dead Sea Apples
4. Bee Plants
5. Of Sweet Scents
6. Dye Plants and Soap
V. Medicinal
Plants (69-105)
Introduction
1.
Hyssop (69-78)
2. Miriamiya (Sage of Vertue,) and other Aromatic Herbs (79-84)
3. Herbal Remedies. (85-95)
4.
Of the Medicine called "The Arba'in" (96-102)
5. Science and Folk Lore (102-105)
VI. Sacred Trees and Magical Plants (106-126)
1. Sacred Trees
2. The Mandrake
3. The Rose of Jericho
4. The Tortoise Plant
5. The White Flower of Innocence
VII. El Khadr (127-129)
VIII. The Legend of Lot and the Tree of the Cross (130-133)
Appendices (134-137)
A. Transliterations (134-136)
B. Wild Fruit (137)
Index of Plants Names (138-140)