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Angel's breath?

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:31 pm
by the.fee.fairy
Does anyone know if this is a name for something that grows?

In the song 'Summer Wine', she says:

'Strawberries, cherries and an angel's breath in spring
My summer wine is really made from all these things'

It got me thinking - is Angel's breath something that grows? Or something that you'd want to put in wine?

If it is...i feel a bath of 'Summer Wine' coming up.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:12 pm
by red
google says plant

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:28 pm
by Muddypause
Seems a strange thing to call a sneezewort.

Don't remember the song (which seems to date back to 1967), but most Google references to it have "..an angle's kiss"

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:27 am
by Wombat
Yeah, I remember the song but without seeing the lyrics I always thought they sang "an angel kissing spring...."

Well, there you go! :mrgreen:

Nev

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:07 am
by pskipper
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php ... a+ptarmica

Apparently the leaves are edible and aromatic, might give a nice flavour to a summer wine depending on what they taste like!

Re: Angel's breath?

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:45 am
by Shirley
the.fee.fairy wrote: If it is...i feel a bath of 'Summer Wine' coming up.
That's rather a large quantity :wink: :mrgreen: :roll: :lol:

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:38 pm
by the.fee.fairy
hahaha...you never know shirlz...if its nice enough, a bath might be needed to start the stuff

Thanks for your help guys!

Got to find some now.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:49 pm
by the.fee.fairy
Dammit! Having listened to the song again, it is Angels Kiss.

Back to the drawing board.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:54 pm
by the.fee.fairy
There's a tenuous link to this: http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php ... a+sasanqua
being called Angel's kiss, but its only on a random website to see which plants carry some kind of bug.

Still, its edible!