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    ALL HAIL King Basil

    Mar 06, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS: CHRIS STAFFORD

    If ever a plant were poised between heaven and hell, it would be , otherwise known as basil. In India and Haiti, the herb is used to ward off evil. In parts of Mexico, it supposedly attracts good fortune. Some ancients believed it opened the gates of paradise for the dying, while others saw it as a symbol of the Devil. The Romans were convinced that if you chopped it up and put it under a rock, a scorpion would be

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