Many vegetables were revered by the ancients. Hercules, the man who conquered the Nemean Lion, crowned himself with parsley after the combat The cabbage was regarded as a god, and altars were raised to it. That it preserved those who partook of it from drunkenness and that it was a remedy against certain forms of paralysis, was the belief of Greeks and Romans.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19201, 15 October 1930, Page 7
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