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Mustard Lore and Legend

Mustard plays a prominent part in legends and lore

By Peggy Trowbridge Filippone, About.com

Mustard Lore and Legend

German lore advises a bride to sew mustard seeds into the hem of her wedding dress to assure her dominance of the household.

In Denmark and India, it's thought that spreading mustard seeds around the exterior of the home will keep out evil spirits. The Danes also had an interesting "cure" for a woman's frigidity which involved a potion made of mustard seeds mixed with ginger and spearmint.

The ancient Chinese also considered mustard an aphrodisiac.

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