Herbs to cure, kill or to express love at the Allerheiligen museum in Schaffhausen

Mandrake isn’t an invention from the Harry Potter books. It was used for hundreds of years as a magical root. This and other interesting facts about medicinal herbs, witchcraft and poisonous plants can be gleaned from an exhibition in Schaffhausen. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on September 1, 2011 - 14:50

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