Thyme Folk Lore, Tea, & Cheese
189 views · Published 21 October 2016 · 6:09 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: Give it a Grow · 2016 · Education
Thyme is a Mediterranean herb, but can be grown in colder climates when insulated over winter. Its flavor brings out the herbaceous notes in a cheese, and enhances the cheesiness of other foods. Thyme can increase the longevity of foods. These anti-septic properties lend it to use from sterilizing water, to embalming in ancient Egypt. Pliny the Elder says that burning Thyme "puts to flight all venomous creatures". Ancient Romans would bathe in Thyme for Courage, while Knights in the Middle Ages wore scarfs embroidered with a Bee and a sprig of Thyme for courage. Thyme is also associated with Fairies. In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Oberon says "I know a bank where the wild Thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and eglantine; There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight".
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