Hyssop for tea?

[dirtundernails]

Tee hee. I was waiting for that statement, Brook. I caught some time back that you refered to your wife, and was surprised, as all Brooks I've known were female. Had the same thing happen here as all Shannons I knew were female, and men are named Shannon here in the Ozarks of Missourah.

dun

[Lavandula Girl]

We named our daughter Kendall when we lived in the Seattle area, and then moved to Virginia, where everyone asks why she got a boy name.... oh well! A rose by any other name....

[Brook]

Girls usually spell it with an "e", i.e., Brooke. The male version is most often Brooks, and I'm often called that erroneously.

Lavendula I'm surprised you get that question. It's a long honored tradition in the south to give a child the mother's maiden name as a given name. That's why there are so many people with, seemingly, double last names, double girl names, and double boy names, no matter what the gender.

A rose by any other name......would be a chrysanthemum. ;>)

[Lavandula Girl]

Oh I'm pretty sure my chain's being yanked - moved to Virginia from Seattle, but grew up in Connecticut, so I'm way too Yankee for my neighbors (I've got that whole CT teeth-clenching accent, and say hollow instead of holler when giving directions). They're coming around slowly, even though I'm not kin to any of them, but given the opportunity, that chain definitely gets a strong tug! It's all good.

[Brook]

We've been here 20 years and Friend Wife _still_ says hollow.

You can take the girl out of the city, ah reckon, but you can't take the city out of the girl!

But, Lavandula, you know you'll have arrived when you can tell us the plural of "y'all."

[Lavandula Girl]

I hear it's "all y'all", but I grew up hearing "youse guys", and still sound like a poser saying either!

[werecat]

Originally Posted by Brook

FYI Werecat: I'm a he, not a she.

OOps.... Sorry.... :">

[ipaintedmyhousewhite]

Gosh, I didn't know that you weren't "supposed" to give honey to the munchkins under 2, I thought it was age one. Oops. Anyway, glad to know that.

Kind of off subject, but do any of you know anything about the "raw" honey...completely unheated and unrefined. Please don't scare me b/c I love it, but ages of people it'd be "ok" for? If you don't think it's okay for any age, maybe you shouldn't tell me unless you really really think I might die. I will be too sad if I am deprived.

[Lavandula Girl]

No worries for those over really about a year, but two to be on the safest side - honey can contain botulism spores, which in a fully developed digestive tract are relatively harmless, but in their bitty baby guts can be a problem. If a baby who has been served honey appears lethargic, has trouble eating, and has a weak cry, get them medical attention quickly. As they mature out of babyhood, honey has anecdotally been shown to actually improve allergic reactions like hayfever, and should be served daily! (plus it's so yummy!)

[ipaintedmyhousewhite]

Yes, my kids Looooove it, all kinds and stages... from the rawest to the most refined They beg for it! We all still have allergies, but I do think it helps some.