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"Tussie Mussie" or Nosegay n. a small bunch of flowers, a posy.* ("Tussie Mussie" isn't in my Canadian Oxford Dictionary.) The traditional nosegay was so called because it was carried close to the nose to disguise foul smells from the city drains and crowded places. A drop or two on a tissue can have the same effect.
It has been suggested that herbs were used to sweeten the straw in baby Jesus' manger.
It is during the Canadian winter that some of us begin dreaming of our herb garden. Nothing compares with live herbs within sight of the kitchen window ~ unless it is indoors in the kitchen. (Not the fresh kind in see-through cartons purchased in the organic section, I mean pots on the windowsill. lbw)
Whatever the form, a few common herbs ~ rosemary (my favorite), lavender another ~ in the kitchen close to the nose can brighten a day.
~ *The Canadian Oxford Dictionary.
~ Using Herbs In The Home, Anthony Gardiner, 1996. Promotional Reprint Co., Ltd., London England for Chapters in Canada. Apologies to the lavender-field photographer, photo saved long ago, origin unknown.
