DISH OF THISTLES.
There was a great crop of thistles this year it England. It would have delighted some of the old herbalists, who believed that a dish of thistles was good for the cure of stomach and liver disorders. "It clcansetli the blood exceedingly," declared one writer. "Boil the tender parts (but cut off the prickles unless you have in mind to choke yourself), and it will change your blood as the season changeth, and that is the way to lie safe." Westmacott. writing at the end of the seventeenth century, lamented the passing of the good old days when thistles were good friends to the liver and blood if eaten with other herbs. "But as the world decays," he «adly reflected, "so does the use of good old things, and others more delicate liut less virtuous are brought in."—-"Manchester (iuardian."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 286, 3 December 1938, Page 15
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142DISH OF THISTLES. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 286, 3 December 1938, Page 15
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