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Brewer's: Jupiter's Beard
House-leek. Supposed to be a charm against evil spirits and lightning. Hence grown at one time very generally one the thatch of houses.
“Et habet quisque supra domum suum Jovis barbam.” —Churlemagne's Edict.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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