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OP Dear Capfka: if feral goats won't eat it, it must be pretty bad. A hundred years ago, mothers in New England used to hang asafoetid around kids necks as a talisman to protect them against childhood diseases.
asafetida or asafoetida
n.
5ME < ML asa (< Pers aza, gum) + L foetida, fem. of foetidus, FETID6 a bad-smelling gum resin obtained from various Asiatic plants (genus Ferula) of the umbel family: it was formerly used to treat some illnesses or, in folk medicine, to repel disease
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted oont wwh 06/02/03 04:50 PM Re: Foetid Parsley Capfka 06/02/03 08:35 PM Re: Foetid Parsley wwh 06/03/03 12:08 AM Re: oont Bingley 06/03/03 03:46 AM
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