Re: [Re: OT expressive names]
- To: t*@xtra.co.nz, Mediterannean Plants List
- Subject: Re: [Re: OT expressive names]
- From: Y* G*
- Date: 11 Dec 00 10:20:12 MET
I am none the wiser.
Yvonne
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Veronica Mary Borrett wrote:
> >
> > Hello Robin,
> >
> > >From another of the 'silent majority' - my family fondly refers to
salvia
> > sclarea var.T....as the 'armpit plant' - but the more common name in
England
> > is 'hot housemaid' - says it all really.
>
> Reminds me of a member of our family who reckons that ground cumin
> (which she nevertheless likes) smells like sweaty armpits!
>
> Moira
> --
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
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