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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Sat Jun 14, 2014, 06:01 AM Jun 2014

Houseleek

It was believed that if the herb, houseleek, grows on your cottage roof, it will never be struck with lightning. Houseleek is also known as Thunder Plant, Liveforever, Jupiter's Eye, Thor's Beard, Aaron's Rod and Hens & Chicks.

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Houseleek (Original Post) My Good Babushka Jun 2014 OP
is this the plant ... ? Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #1
Yes. My Good Babushka Jun 2014 #2
In my Neck Of The Woods, we call the plant = Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #3
Maybe chicks were called peep peeps then it got shortened to peepees lunatica Jun 2014 #4
So people used to believe it was good whistler162 Jun 2014 #5

Tuesday Afternoon

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3. In my Neck Of The Woods, we call the plant =
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Sat Jun 14, 2014, 12:18 PM
Jun 2014

Hen and PeePees ...

I don't know why we call chicks, peepees but, we do.

I have also heard them called nuggets but, I think that is because of Chicken Nuggets.

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