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The Anglo-Saxons included it among their nine holy herbs.
Now it became the 'holy herb', enabling the followers of the new faith to reach new heights of consciousness.
They had all fasted until an hour before moonrise, when each had consumed as much of the foul-tasting Holy Herb as he could force down.
It was consequently called "holy herb" or (e.g. in Wales) "Devil's bane".
The Chuci "Song of the South" metaphorically mentions, "The holy herb is weeded out".
Then also there are added mint, anise, fennel and hyssop, all holy herbs familiar to all from the Treasury of Hebrew Scripture.
And anon a knight, a cousin of the King's called Bagdemagus, rode out from the court, to find a branch of an holy herb for healing.
Holy Herb - Master Cracksman (Semi-fictionalized biography)
It is also known as Simpler's Joy or Holy Herb, or more ambiguously as "mosquito plant" or "wild hyssop".
"Our people didn't-" "Our people weren't killed by Cold Iron, holy herbs, and blessed rock-salt," Dottie said.
Tiruverkadu (or Thiruverkadu) (literally meaning A forest of holy herbs and roots) is a western suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Lavender was one of the holy herbs used in the biblical Temple to prepare the holy essence, and nard is mentioned in the Song of Solomon (4,14)
Verbena officinalis - Common Vervain, Simpler's Joy, Holy Herb, Mosquito plant, Wild hyssop, Herb of the Cross (Type species)
Hermes told Odysseus to use the holy herb moly to protect himself from Circe's potion and, having resisted it, to draw his sword and act as if he were to attack Circe.
I myself attempted a small leap when up on the Tor and indeed felt slightly more buoyant - but perhaps I was just getting the drift of the "holy weed" being consumed to the left and right of me.