Rosemary has already been established as indispensable in combating Asiatic cholera. Here’s the proverb upon which such folk medicine may have been based:
El que pasa por romero y no lo coge,
si le viene algún mal que no se enoje.
Adapted:
If without plucking twixt rosemary you pass,
Don’t bemoan your leaky arse.
Sweeter is to be found in Notes and queries in 1855, courtesy of Google Books:
Quien pasa por romero, y no lo quiere coger,
Ni tiene amores ni los quiere tener!
Translated by Lord Nugent:
Who passeth by the rosemarie,
And careth not to take a spraye,
For woman’s love no care hath he,
Nor shall he, though he live for aye!
There’s no nuance in Nugent, so don’t start pissing on innocent herbs.
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