Herbal Old Wives Tales - An Introduction

There are many 'old wives tales' in the herb world, I thought I'd add few here to get the board started and hopefully others will add to it. Please add any kind of herbal folklore or stories that you've heard with a herbal basis so we build a reference library of them, it's a big concern of mine that the stories will die out if we don't share them and pass them on to the next generation.

* If you are looking for a sweet heart you should: anoint yourself with marjoram before sleeping you and you will dream of your future spouse.

* A pot of basil on the balcony as a tacit sign that you are ready to receive a suitor.

* Wear some thyme and it will be sure to bring you a sweetheart.

* Smuggle some borage into the drink of a prospective husband to give him courage to propose marriage

* Plant some sage (and hope it grows/doesn't grow) because sage only prospers where the wife rules.

* Whoever has a better vocabulary of cuss words let him/her plant the basil... because it will only grow if cussed out properly.

* If you want to keep from growing old: Sweet Cicely is very good for old people "who are dull and without courage" and an old Chinese proberb says "How can a man grow old when he has sage in his garden