Among them are
wolfsbane, bryony, comfrey, foxglove, hemp, holly, ivy, mandrake, nightshades, poppies, strychos, tobacco, wormwood, and yew.
Wolfsbane You blossoms of Germany, O my heart is going to become unerring crystal, in which light will testify, if Germany --Holderlin: From the Abyss, Of Course ...
We were once told by an old Transylvanian stockmeister that rubbing in some
wolfsbane before bleaching often assures success in bleaching out witch-brewed stains.
Toxicologists say aconite, which is referred to in the Harry Potter books as
wolfsbane, is the "perfect" drug to mask a murder.
Does winning a Classic trump winning a selling handicap with a horse that has broken its neck three times and been declared clinically dead at least once, before being brought back to life with an old stockman's remedy consisting of
wolfsbane, molasses and an electric cattle prod?
The common names for the plant usually refer either to the shape of the flowers (monkshood, helmet-flower, friar's cap, etc.) or the plant's perceived use (
wolfsbane).
One day the alchemist mixed up a conception-inducing potion of mercury,
wolfsbane and tree sap; and the astrologer determined that Beauty must imbibe it beneath a full moon with Venus in perigee.
(24.) Also called monkshood and
wolfsbane, aconite is a poisonous drug derived from the tuberous root of Aconitunt napellus.
Other prickly candidates include creeping juniper, common holly, firethorn (pyracantha), juniper and purple berberis.terrors Aconitum - also known as 4Toxic monkshood or
wolfsbane - is among the most toxic of plants, with ingestion of even a small amount causing stomach upsets.
SATURDAY AHOGHILL BLAZE BAYLEY Many will know Blaze as frontman of
Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999.
Rowling fans will have the chance to prove they can tell the difference between their Polyjuice potions and their
Wolfsbane brews and even win some prizes in the process.