Fern Seed & Fairy Rings: Plants and Plant lore from Cornwall and Devon default-HIDE "The Herbal Arts" explores over

"The Herbal Arts" explores over 100 herbs

as well as the basis of cures

both he and the Wild-women or Silvaticæ are the deified reservoirs of Nature-as-other

legends and life-histories of a selection of animals which are commonly employed as motifs in the history of witchcraft: culturally maligned creatures such as reptiles

Fern Seed & Fairy Rings: Plants and Plant lore from Cornwall and Devon default-HIDE "The Herbal Arts" explores overAuthor: Rupert White 'Fern Seed and Fairy Rings' is a first ever compilation of plant lore from Cornwall and Devon. It includes seasonal festivities, charms, fairy tales, herbal remedies, superstitions and practical uses from a period of over 500 years. 'A fascinating and enjoyable book, and one to which I will refer again and again' Gemma Gary (Troy Books) 'Amazing, and very much needed' Alex Langstone (Lien Gwerin)