Originally published at Lughnasa 1998. Henbane, whose botanical name is Hyoscyamus niger, is a member of the Solanaceae order of plants which includes such innocuous members as the humble potato and tomato but also highly poisonous and notorious ones such as belladonna, mandrake and the daturas.
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. English: The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (Massacre de la Saint-BarthÃ©lemy in French) was a wave of Catholic mob violence against the Huguenots (French Protestants).
Pottawatomie, part of Bleeding Kansas. The Pottawatomie Massacre occurred in Franklin County in Kansas, and was one of the many violent events that took place between pro-slavery and abolitionist factions in Kansas in the build-up to the American Civil War. The massacre was carried out by a group of abolitionists who were led by John Brown Senior. During the night of May 24, 1856 and the following morning, Brownâs group attacked and killed five settlers near the Pottawatomie Creek.