The Natural History of Pliny the Elder, Part 2
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Chapter 62 Work to Be Done in the Country in Each Month Respectively
Never put eggs beneath the hen between the calons of November and the winter solstice. The Wild Poppy, which is of a utility that is quite marvellous, is boiled in honey as a remedy for diseases in the throat while the cultivated kind is a powerful narcotic. Be careful never to touch the vine at the wintersolstice. Democritus is of opinion that the winter will turn out of the same character as the weather on the day of the winter Solstice and the three succeeding days.
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