41. Catnip (Nepeta cataria)

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🟦 Legend tells of a conscience-stricken hangman who could not carry out his duties until he ingested catnip - which lowered his anxiety so he could complete his gruesome task.

🟦 Catnip gets a mention in literary works by Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

🟦 In the practice of Wicca, the herb is associated with the female deities Bast/Bastet, Sekhmet and Venus.

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