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...], especially among the [[hoodoo]] tradition of folk magic among [[African American]]s. The root, in turn, is named after a [[folk hero]] called '''High John ...on]] wrote of his adventures ("High John de Conquer") in her collection of folklore, ''The Sanctified Church''.

''[[Sorbus americana]]'' - American mountain ash<br> North American native rowans include the '''American mountain ash''' ''Sorbus americana'' and '''Showy mountain ash''' ''Sorbus

...''chitticum'']] also has "Bearberry" as one of its common names. Also the "American [[Cranberry]]" (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is sometimes mistermed as "Bearberry ===History and Folklore===

** ''[[Sambucus canadensis]]'' ('''American Elder'''; eastern North America; with blue-black berries) ** ''[[Sambucus pubens]]'' ('''American Red Elder'''; northern North America)

...alifornia]], and named for Lieutenant [[Amiel Weeks Whipple]] (1817-1863), American surveyor and engineer. <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Br

...d the Mediterranean, and sometimes found in waste places as an escape from American gardens, having angular rather shrubby stems 2 to 4 feet tall, which bear a ==Etymology and folklore==

...stener to wait for maturation of a project or idea. A [[Germany|German]] [[folklore|folktale]] has a farmer try to outwit [[Satan]], to whom he has promised hi ===Native American management of acorn resources===

...origin, although its use as a coffee additive is still very popular in the American South, particularly in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]]. It is a stap ...was also believed to be able to open locked doors, according to European [[folklore]].<ref>Howard, Michael. ''Traditional Folk Remedies'' (Century, 1987), p.12

*[[Nettles (folklore)]] *[http://herbalgram.org/search/search.asp?s=urtica&x=0&y=0 HerbalGram and American Botanical Council website search for ''Urtica'']

...uest of the Americas, goldenseal was in extensive use among certain Native American tribes of North America, as both as a medicine and as a coloring material. Ellingwood's ''[[American Materia Medica]]'' lists goldenseal as being useful for functional disorder