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a crown of myrtle interwoven with vervain, 
and the Germans to this day give a hat of 
vervain to the new married bride, as putting 
her under the protection of that goddess. 
Pliny also tells us that it was made use of by 
the Druids in casting lots, in drawing omens, 
and in other magical arts. 
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PARSLEY, 
Parstey was in great reputation among the 
Greeks. In their banquets they crowned their 
brows with its light tendrils, which they thought 
created gaiety and so increased their appetites. 
At Rome, in the Isthmian games, the con- 
querors were crowned with parsley. It ig 
thought this plant came from Sardinia, because 
that province is represented on ancient medals 
under the form of a female, near whom is a 
vase in which is a bouquet of parsley. But 
this plant grows in all the fresh and shady places 
in Greece, and in the southern provinces of 
France. Guy de la Brosse affirms that it 
grows also near Paris, on Mount Valerian ; 
but it is presumable that the plant he designates 
is not the true parsley, since its introduction 
into France is attributed to Rabelais, who, 

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