"Viper's bugloss" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... properly be red instead of white, but as it is difficult to get red cloth, except in the shape of handkerchiefs, a substitution has been made, the two colors having a close mythologic relation. In former days a piece of buckskin and the small glossy, seeds of the Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) were used instead of the cloth and beads. The formulistic name for the bead is sn[)i]kta, which the priests are unable to analyze, the ordinary word for beads or ...
— Seventh Annual Report • Various |
