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Vervain, or “the herb of the cross.”

“Hallowed be thou, vervain, as thou growest in the ground,

For in the Mount of Calvary thou wast found.

Thou healedst Christ our Saviour, and staunchedst His bleeding wound.

In the name of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, I take thee from the ground.”

Folkard: Plant Lore, p. 47.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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