Meaning of wortlore | Babel Free

Definitions

The traditional knowledge of the medicinal and nutritional use of plants, herbs, and worts.

uncountable

Examples

“They will come up each year from between the Rhododendrons, and will send their sweet subtle odour through the open windows into the house. And as I write I am told of a recipe showing how, in the Wortlore of old, the firm white petals were esteemed of use.”

“This may often have been the case in many instances of horse whispering tricks, but the interview with former race-horse trainer, Paul Harriss, for Alphard magazine reveals that there is more to the true whisperer than mere tricks and wortlore: [...]”

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