April 23
As the Season Turns
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The Beauty of Ladies Mantle
Alchemil of Olgares is known as Ladies Mantle but my favourite Scottish regional name for it is Elf Shot. If a farmer's cow was unwell it might be down to the fairies who had shot at the cow with one of their flint arrowheads. The elf doctor would have to be called and his medicine for the cow would be Ladies Mantle Plant steeped in water from three parishes with a flint arrowhead thrown in for good measure. Once the cow had drunk and been doused with this infusion all would be well again. While women used to collect you from the leaves on belting morning for beautifying purposes we can still take advantage of the anti
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