Plant Research Term Project, Part 3: Superstitions, Folklore and Myths

My plant is thyme 

Now it is time to research the folklore, myths and stories that have built up around your chosen herb. This is fun and often very colorful, but has a serious side to it as well. To critically think, you must be able to separate entertaining and possibly traditional cultural practices from serious fact-based effectiveness.

Format for Plant Project, Part 3: This section will include the following and each of these should have headings bolded and underlined

• Short introduction
• Stories, Myths, Superstitions about your chosen plant
• Identify clearly the cultural origin of the story
• Reference citations
• 1500 words, include the word count please. -5 pts for no word count and ZERO for a false word count.