Tom Slemen: Tales from the past: - Liverpool Echo
26 May 2012, 1:58 am
I researched the case and discovered that a weird tall figure that looked as if he’d been dunked in gentian Violet had been seen by many people across Liverpool, from the 1960s at least. This character was evidently not an imaginary bogeyman, but ...

Hot for sunny and shady gardens - calgaryherald.com
25 May 2012, 5:13 am
Sunny gardens are not to be ignored, either. Duncan has copious quantities of one of my favourite spring blooms, the trumpet gentian (gentiana acaulis). You’ve never seen a pure deep blue flower if you’ve never seen this gorgeous bloom. Best of all ...

Rick Nichols: The resurrection of Bartram's Bitters - Philadelphia Daily News
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
In handwriting that may (or may not) have been that of Bartram’s great-grandson, it listed a recipe for Bartram’s Homestead Bitters that included imported gentian root, “orange peal,” wild cherry twigs, and prickly ash, also known as ...

Consuming Spirits - Variety
20 May 2012, 9:39 pm
Though divided into chapters and littered with flashbacks, the underlying structure of the film is a simple triangle composed of three characters: gentian Violet (voiced by Nancy Andrews), a snarly lady with three jobs including bus driver and ...

Inventive drinks soothe noisy Lion's Share - San Diego CityBEAT
20 May 2012, 6:55 pm
“The wonderful things rumored to be in the liqueur include codeine, mushrooms, fermented beets, coca leaf, gentian, rhubarb, wormwood, zedoary, cinchona, bay leaves, absinthe, orange peel, calumba, Echinacea, quinine, ginseng, St. John’s wort ...

A Purple People Eater? - Freeport Journal Standard
16 May 2012, 8:25 pm
She recommended a few days treatment of Violet gentian. (Readers of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation will understand why use of Violet gentian made me giggle.) Believe me, when the directions for use warn that gentian Violet stains ...

Spring Showers Syndrome (SSS) - easier.com
12 May 2012, 6:57 pm
gentian – If you feel easily discouraged by the bad weather potentially ruining your plans, gentian can help to restore your positivity and help you to see that you can find another solution or soldier on through. Olive – If the bad weather makes you ...

Pepperell Police Log - Nashoba Publishing
3 May 2012, 6:53 pm
20, Dracut. Warrant arrest. Arber Cufe, 30, of 14a Railroad St. Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. gentian Cufe, 37, of 14a Railroad St. Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Alias Small, 19, of 52 Mill St. Assault and battery ...