penny-royal

The prophetess, when Rose approached her oracular cave, was seated on a tripod in front of the fire, distilling strong waters out of penny-royal.

Westward Ho! 2007

No, not if you swallow a potion of penny-royal afterwards.

Peace 2000

Drive them off, my dear host, you will please me immensely; all the way from Thebes, they were there piping behind me and they have completely stripped my penny-royal of its blossom.

The Acharnians 2000

Certain districts and certain conditions of atmosphere are doubtless especially favorable to their development, but the refuge, a thick smudge, is always at hand, or, if that be objected to, the traveller can try the recipe of an old hunter at the Adirondac Iron Works (where the creatures are said to be particularly rampant), namely, a coating of grease mixed with essence of penny-royal.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

As Heraclitus, when some of the citizens asked him to give them his opinion about concord, got on the platform, and took a cup of cold water, and put some barley-meal in it, and stirred it up with penny-royal, thus showing them that it is being content with anything, and not needing costly dainties, that keeps cities in peace and concord.

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

The general election day in those times was the first Monday in August and it was the custom for most of the slaves throughout the "penny-royal" and

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 Various

The advertisement above may savor somewhat of its surroundings (above it a hair renewer is advertised and below it penny-royal pills) and suggest too much the "shoes tapped while you wait" order of advertising, but we fail to see why architects should be restrained from advertising if there are any benefits to be derived from it.

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail Various

Strings of dried apples are festooned from chamber windows; and paper bags of catnip and spearmint and thoroughwort and penny-royal and mullen hang drying on the garret walls.

Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Fanny Fern

Hoar-hound and penny-royal were used for minor ailments, and "varnish" was put on cuts by the "ole Miss".

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

My brother took quantities of penny-royal tea and no other medicine.

Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various