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Strewing herbs are certain kinds of plants that are scattered (strewn) over the floors of dwelling places and other buildings. Such plants usually have fragrant or astringent smells, and many also serve as insecticides or disinfectants. Their use was widespread in England during the Middle Ages through to the 18th century.

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Strewing herb

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Strewing herbs are certain kinds of plants that are scattered (strewn) over the floors of dwelling places and other buildings. Such plants usually have...

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Herb Strewer

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post of Herb Strewer is an obsolete position in the United Kingdom dating back to the late 17th century. The primary duty of the Herb Strewer was to distribute...

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Winter savory

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savory was 'the herb of happiness'. The Saturejas have been traditionally used to strew on the floor since the medieval times, as aromatic herbs that reduce...

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Artemisia abrotanum

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camphor-like odour and was historically used as an air freshener or strewing herb. It forms a small bushy shrub, which is widely cultivated by gardeners...

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Herb

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in watery solution, and then the injection of colour under pressure. Strewing herbs are scattered (strewn) over the floors of dwelling places and other...

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Achillea ageratum

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places outside its native range. In the Middle Ages it was used as a strewing herb to repel insects such as moths, lice and ticks and spread a good smell...

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Filipendula ulmaria

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aromatic character to the flowers, hence the use of the plant as a strewing herb, strewn on floors to give the rooms a pleasant aroma, and its use to...

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Index of gardening articles

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Square foot gardening - Stale seed bed - Statuary - Stepping stones - Strewing herb - String trimmer - Stumpery - Sub-irrigated planter - Subshrub - Subsoil...

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Rushcart

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the plants commonly used were hay, straw or rushes and together with strewing herbs they improved the comfort for those using the church. Before the Reformation...

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Mentha requienii

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of mint is disliked by rats and mice and this plant has been used for strewing on the floor to deter rodents. "Mentha requienii". Plants for a Future...

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Edith Coleman

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214. Coleman, E. (1948). Planning the herb garden. Your Garden, 1(2), 22–23. Coleman, E. (1948). Strewing herbs: Meadow Sweet or Bridewort. Your Garden...

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Streusel

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scattered or sprinkled"), from the verb streuen (cognate with the English verb strew). Soboro-ppang Crumble food portal What Is Streusel?, wisegeek.com, Accessed...

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Spearmint

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stem is square-shaped, a defining characteristic of the mint family of herbs. Spearmint produces flowers in slender spikes, each flower pink or white...

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Hedeoma pulegioides

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scattered over the bed-covers, and laid under the pillows and bolster; strewing a large quantity between the sacking and the matrass. Wash yourself before...

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Rushbearing

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(1307–1327) shows a payment to a John de Carlford for "a supply of rushes for strewing the Kings chamber". In the Churchwardens' accounts for St Mary-at-Hill...

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Stew

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French stew made with cubed beef braised in wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbs Dinuguan, pork blood stew from the Philippines Eintopf, (one pot) the German...

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Helleborus niger

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believed, however, that witches employed the herb in their spells and that sorcerers tossed the powdered herb into the air around them to make themselves...

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Flying ointment

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well-known vegetable) Creeping cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans Sweet flag or strewing rush, Acorus calamus (aromatic) Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa...

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Eclogue 7

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torrential rivers. Corydon describes the fruit of junipers and chestnuts strewing the ground in autumn, a lovely time of year; but if the handsome Alexis...

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Leonhard Rauwolf

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these gardens, as we came in, we found all sorts of salads and kitchen-herbs, such as Endive, Lettuce, Ruckoli, Asparagus, Celery,... Tarragon..., Cabbages...

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Coffee cake

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or simple glaze topping, if any. Streusel is German for "sprinkle" or "strew" and refers to the popular crumbly topping of butter, flour, sugar. Sour...

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Helios

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a pillow of cloud, precedes the chariot, as she announced his arrival, strewing flowers in Apollo's path, as behind them emerges the semicircle of the...

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Palynology

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and organisms is derived from the Greek Greek: παλύνω, translit. palynō, "strew, sprinkle" and -logy) or of "particles that are strewn". Palynology is an...

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Pentecost

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times, this practice has been revived, and adapted as well, to include the strewing of origami doves from above or suspending them, sometimes by the hundreds...

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Junior Woodchucks

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Ravagers) (1972) H.O.T.S.H.O.O.T.E.R. (Hawkeyed Ogler of Twigs, Sprigs, Herbs, Oaks, Truffles, Thickets, Eeelgrass and Ragweeds) (1972) S.O.A.P. F.R.E...

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English cuisine

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ingredient in sauces, a trend which continued in later centuries. Third, herbs, which could be grown locally but had been little used in the Middle Ages...

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Swan maiden

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lands and build a house for themselves. They leave the house by gathering herbs, and they return home, they find that their food has been prepared for them...

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The English and Australian Cookery Book

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salmon, hard eggs, and fillets of anchovies, spreading between each layer the herb sauce; then cover the dish with the paste, and bake in a moderately-heated...

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Hungarian cuisine

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from milder variations of paprika popular elsewhere in the world. Other herbs and spices commonly used in Hungarian cuisine include garlic, marjoram,...

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