Re: [lace-chat] Re: 'moly'

2004-12-19 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 18/12/2004 18:59:24 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No wonder it wasn't in your dictionaries! Mine says that moly is a mythical herb with a black root and milk-white flowers that Hermes gave to Odysseus. Just listened to a program on the internet from

[lace-chat] Re: 'moly'

2004-12-18 Thread Jane Bawn
So is this of the same genus as the Holy Moly g Joy wrote: No wonder it wasn't in your dictionaries! Mine says that moly is a mythical herb with a black root and milk-white flowers that Hermes gave to Odysseus. It also says that a European wild garlic that is cultivated for its yellow

[lace-chat] Re: moly?

2004-12-17 Thread Joy Beeson
At 08:25 AM 12/17/04 +0100, Eva Von Der Bey wrote: none of my dictionaries knows about moly. I once read a fantasy story in which instructions for a magical spell began pick a sprig of moly, so I assume its an herb or plant of some kind. The story was sort of a feghoot -- the denouement was

[lace-chat] Re: moly?

2004-12-17 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 17, 2004, at 2:25, Eva Von Der Bey wrote: Dear native speaking friends, passed a little funny test which asks for your beahviour while suffering from a cold and other simple silly questions and gives as a result, what kind of herbal tea you are.. while some others turned out to be