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 Massacre. The Pottawatomie Massacre as a result from the Missouri Compromise and Kansas Nebraska Act. The attack was a response to the sacking of Lawrence by pro slavery settlers. John Brown and a group of abolitionists settlers killed five settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek.