Garden Folklore Vegetables have played

significant roles in the culture of many societies Ideological and spiritual

uses Pseudo-scientific

explanations

Ideological & Spiritual Uses Beliefs and superstitions used to explain

natural phenomena Alliums’ general ability to ward off demons and

disease like Plague and Scarlet Fever Have genuine ______________________ and

_________________ properties

Sources of cosmological explanation Native American stories using ____________ to

explain the creation of the world

Ideological & Spiritual Uses Idols and spiritual characters in ceremony

______________________ used in harvest ceremonies of New Guinea

Ideological & Spiritual Uses Jack O’ Lanterns

Irish myth of a drunkard named “Stingy Jack” who played tricks on the devil in life

When Jack died, he wasn’t allowed into heaven or hell, but the devil gave him a piece of coal to light his way through limbo, which Jack carried in a hollowed-out turnip

Ideological & Spiritual Uses Jack O’ Lanterns

People in Britain, Scotland, and Ireland carved faces into turnips, potatoes, and other vegetables to scare away wandering spirits like Stingy Jack

Immigrants brought the legend to the U.S., but pumpkins were found to be much easier to carve

We are carved to scare away spirits…not a soul around us! Ha ha ha…Happy Halloween!!

Pseudo-science & folk remedies Doctrine of

________________ 16th Century ‘Herbal’

used as a holistic medical text

Plant characteristics provided guidance to what disease they could cure

Doctrine of Signatures “Old man’s beard”

hanging lichen moss containing usnic acid thought to prevent hair loss

Gardening and Folk Traditions Lore passed down as knowledge of

ways to sow and cultivate plants Correlations of spiritual or religious events

with gardening practices have been passed down

Planting potatoes on Good Friday Which plants grow well together

The 3 Sisters - Corn, Beans, and _____________

Nightshades’ Darker Side Mandrake

Contains __________________ alkaloids which cause euphoric sleep

Used by ancient Egyptians as anesthetic

Thought to resemble a human and let out a deadly scream when pulled from the ground

Nightshades’ Darker Side Jimsonweed (Datura

stramonium) Contains scopolamine;

very hallucinogenic Name derived from event

in Jamestown, VA in 1676 when British soldiers ate leaves in a salad and went mad for 11 days

Nightshades’ Darker Side Belladonna (Deadly

Nightshade) Extremely

________________ Applied dermally or

on genital membranes by witches to produce a feeling of flying