How to poison someone with only herbal means, part 3

[alice_montrose]

Today's entry comes early, as I will be busy for the rest of the day and might not get online later. Also, there are two plants dealt with, since the entries were smaller.

Comments

[zehavit_lamasu]

Oh this brings memories. *squigly lines of memories* ...

When I was five three of the girls from my children house decided they wanted to poison me. Out of some intuitive sense they picked up leaves of Rhododendron and put them in a bucket of water pretending to brew them like witches around a cauldron.

they were just discussing how to hold me down and force the drink down my throat when I showed up ... and I beat them all up... one needed stiches for her head...

I got into quite the trouble for that ...

But they didn't try to poison me again ^^;;

[alice_montrose]

This book is very useful, because it deals not only with plants and animals but also some of the common drugs (like Aspirin and Tylenol). But the main reasons for posting these are to (a) draw attention to some of the less-known poisonous plants (yes there are other parents on my f-list, they need to know what their kids might accidentally ingest), and (b) share utterly random and pointless interesting information.

This reminds me of a time in kindergarten when this boy wanted to eat my lunch. We were having rice pilaf, and I hate rice pilaf so I wasn't even eating it. Still, it was mine - so the boy ended up with a cracked head. And the previous year I'd broken another boy's arm while shoving him off my bed. So yeah, I was quite the tomboy a.k.a. "don't mess with me" girl that all the boys had a healthy dose of respect (or fear) for.

[_calex_]

The Autumn Crocus sounds far, far more unpleasant than the Rhododendron. Seriously ouch. And it takes up to three days to death? Oh dear. Pain.

[alice_montrose]

*nod nod* And sadly, I can see why the bulb would be mistaken for onion. Not the regular eating kind, though, but the small, one-year onion one plants for the next year.

[alice_montrose]

Mountain laurel is also mentioned as being poisonous, you know... ^^;;; As for the poisoned honey/milk/other products, well... it would take a lot of pollen to make them deadly. But yes, it would be interesting to use in a story. Hehehehehehe!