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).
St. George is the second Barbados parish without a coastline. Orchid World, set in the regal sugar cane fields, offers tantalizing views of orchids in bloom. St. Michael. Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados, is located in the parish of St. Michael. It is a major port-of-call for many cruise ships, by way of the Bridgetown Harbor. The University of the West Indies is a world-renowned educational institution offering higher learning at the under- graduate and post-graduate levels.