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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

Cedars of Lebanon


CONTENTS

List of Illustrations (iv)

 

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)

 

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