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called it the "Who have seen anything like me" tree. Abu
Wahshija claimed that in this story there is great
knowledge and a successful sign that this tree is a special
tree with special gift-
There are other stories that were written specifically
about the laurel tree that 1 would like to mention to you
reader so vou can see how many weird effects this tree has.
one of them is if you take fourteen laurel tree seeds. Dry
them on an iron mill that has a very low coal fire for an
hour. Then grind the seeds some more till thev are
completely powder, put them in a clean bowl and cover it
with wine vinegar- Beat it with a branch of fig tree and
when any person drinks that he will turn into a crazy
person that is not aware of any one around him and won't
know what is wrong with him. The onlv wav to remove
the spell and end this persons madness is to feed that
person three medium steed radishes with their leaves
sliced into small pieces and the person should eat it all
without leaving any pieces behind, then the effect of that
madness will go away in about an hour as soon as the
radish starts to digest in his stomach.
It has also been said that if you pick one leal of the
laurel tree without dropping it to the ground and put it
behind your ear you wouldn't get drunk no matter how
much you drink and you wouldn't get any headache from
drinking either. Is not that a strange charm?
If you also take from the laurel tree leaves a moist leaf
and as you are grinding it mix it with one small amount Of
jonquil and good vinegar, then you put some of that on
any part of your body and you put on that part a red hot
iron bar you won't feel anything, also if you use it en your
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