fraga

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Ovid's "montanaque fraga"

Fraga is Latin for strawberry. strawberry has many fascinating appellations. The three native american appellations ( oteagh-minick, otei-meena, and o-da-e-min) have in common the meaning of 'resembling the heart'.

The Grete Herball appeared in London in 1526 as an English translation from the French work on the medicinal uses of herbs and was printed by Peter Treveris. Here is the description of "The Fragaria. Strawberyes"

Fragaria is an herbe called strabery. It groweth in woodes and grenes, and shadowy places. It is pryncypally good agaynst all evylles of the mylt. The uice therof drunken with hony profyteth mervaylously.

For the brethe

For them that take brethe with payne as it were syghynge. The uice therof take in drinke white peper heleth it. Strawberyes eate helpeth coleryke persones, comforteth the stomake, and quencheth thyrst.