Medicinal Herbs Growing at Redacre

It used to be believed that if you rubbed a piece of meat into a wart, then tossed it into a raspberry patch it would take the wart away.

Picking a  four leaf clover was said to help ward off evil and is good luck. However picking one in the moonlight was considered to cause madness.

The country names of pickpocket and poverty pink references that it often grows in very poor soil.

Folklore states that the blooming of the plant indicates the rolling away of summer.

Blue speedwell is known as birds eyes. It must not be picked or the birds will pluck ones eyes out.

The name of this plant may have derived from the Greek word Athanaton meaning immortal. According to legend, it was given to Ganymede to make him immortal.