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Show EVERY FLOWER HAS A STORY ALL m OWN Tin: i:rr!:n Should ou receive a sprig of verbena, ver-bena, the sender desires to say "You enchant me." The oli Romans held the plant in great veneration They believed that a few leaves worn on the person, would protect against Injury. Roman brides, who gathered and wore a wreath 0-1 verbena! were considered fortunate GATHER KI) AT FULL MOON The drulds dedicated the verbena to I their priestesses, it was gathered at the full moon and no one was allowed to touch it with the hand. It was uprooted up-rooted by being tied to the foot of a I young girl. Medicinally. It was used as a cooling remedy. In the Middle Ages, a popular superstition su-perstition was that the girl who gave her lover a wreath of verbena gathered gath-ered and woven by herself, would re tain his lose for at least that year French and English peasants still believe be-lieve in the power of the verbena as a lovo charm. HAD MAGIC POWER To tho Hungarian gypsies, the plant IS known as the lock-opening herb They believe that if a cut is made in the palm of tho hand, a tiny piece of the verbena leaf placed In It and the woind allowed to heal over, tho person per-son will be able to open all locks and bars with i single touch. The plant came by its name from an Old Roman custom. Whenever any dispute was had with any other nation na-tion an oftfclal called verbanerlus was sent to discuss It with tho offending offend-ing countr This official wore a wreath of verbena, which was considered con-sidered a SAcrod flower by the Romans. Ro-mans. If war was decided upon, an Iron-tipped spear with a sprig Of verbena ver-bena tied to It, was the official declaration dec-laration of war, which was shot Into enemy territory. oo |