# folklorethursday magic ancienthistory

The "holy herb" vervain could cure a host of diseases, and records the Gallic provinces using it for soothsaying and fortune telling

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2018-01-25

“In wine, there's truth.”
― Pliny the Elder.
🎨"Distillers Looking Into Their Own Business". Rowlandson, Thomas, 1811

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2016-05-09

in a selfie with Barack Obama

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2014-09-04