Which preposition to use with herb

of Occurrences 45%

" "Lady," said the gipsey, "it is not food for the wretched body that I require; the herbs of the field, and the waters of the ditch, are good enough for that.

in Occurrences 30%

Old associations are sure to be fragrant herbs in English nostrils: we pull them up as weeds.

for Occurrences 21%

I know that there are many poor people yet in Lancashire who use decoctions of herbs instead of teamint and balm are the favourite herbs for this purpose; but I could not imagine what this herb beer could be, at a halfpenny a bottle, unless it was made of nettles.

with Occurrences 10%

of shin of beef, a knuckle of veal weighing 5 lbs., a few pieces or trimmings, 2 slices of nicely-flavoured lean, ham; 1/4 lb. of butter, 2 onions, 2 carrots, 1 turnip, nearly a head of celery, 1 blade of mace, 6 cloves, a hunch of savoury herb with endive, seasoning of salt and pepper to taste, 3 lumps of sugar, 5 quarts of boiling soft water.

from Occurrences 9%

Take all the leaves of the herbs from the stock,sweet basil, sweet marjoram, lemon thyme, winter savory, 2 or 3 bay-leaves, common thyme, a handful of parsley and green onions, and a large onion cut in four pieces, with a few blades of mace.

by Occurrences 5%

Prepare and dry the herbs by recipe No. 445; pick the leaves from the stalks, pound them, and sift them through a hair-sieve; mix in the above proportions, and keep in glass bottles, carefully excluding the air.

to Occurrences 5%

In the witchcraft movement it would seem that certain plants were in requisition for particular purposes, these workers of darkness having utilised the properties of herbs to special ends.

on Occurrences 5%

There was now no light except from the herbs on the brass dish, and no sound except from the deep guttural murmur of the invocation.

into Occurrences 3%

[One brings him a cup of wine: he strains the juice of the herb into it.

at Occurrences 3%

And the small herbs at their feet look up and whisper back,"We will go and see."

among Occurrences 3%

There in each grove, each sloping bank along, And flowers and shrubs, and odorous herbs among, Each shepherd clasped, with undisguised delight, His yielding fair onein the captain's sight; Each yielding fair, as chance or fancy led, Preferred new lovers to her sylvan bed.

around Occurrences 3%

Poisonous plants, again, from their deadly properties, have been held in the same repute; and it is a very common practice among American Indians to hang a small bag containing poisonous herbs around the neck of a child, "as a talisman against diseases or attacks from wild beasts."

as Occurrences 2%

" Indeed, under a variety of forms this animistic conception is found among the lower races, and in certain cases explains the strong prejudice to certain herbs as articles of food.

without Occurrences 1%

Those who succumbed most easily to sickness were the men just arrived from Hispaniola; they could not put up with such hardships, nor content their stomachs, accustomed to better food, with the native bread, wild herbs without salt, and river water that was not always even wholesome.

against Occurrences 1%

Brassivola calls it [4210]"a wonderful herb against melancholy, it scours the blood, lightens the spirits, shakes off sorrow, a most profitable medicine," as Dodonaeus terms it, invented by the Arabians, and not heard of before.

before Occurrences 1%

" Among further funeral customs may be mentioned that of carrying a garland of flowers and sweet herbs before a maiden's coffin, and afterwards suspending it in the church.

between Occurrences 1%

After this they anointed the wounds of the thighs, placed bundles of herbs between the legs, which were stretched out to their full length, and wrapped them up entirely in these sweet spices.

round Occurrences 1%

According to him, the girls wear wreaths of scented herbs round the waist and neck; an old woman or a little child occupies the lower floor of the cage; and the confinement lasts only a month.

through Occurrences 1%

The bleating kind Eye the black heaven, and next the glistening earth, With looks of dumb despair; then, sad dispersed, Dig for the withered herb through heaps of snow.

under Occurrences 1%

But the herb under consideration contains a relatively larger proportion of inorganic salts, as those of lime, potassa, and ammonia,and especially of highly nitrogenized substances; which explains why tobacco is so exhausting a crop to the soil, and why ashes are among its best fertilizers.

underneath Occurrences 1%

Which when I saw and when I heard, I wondered what might ail the bird; For nothing near it could I see, Save the grass and green herbs underneath the old tree.

Unto Occurrences 1%

Item, I give my wither'd flowers and herbs Unto dead corses, for to deck them with.

across Occurrences 1%

These superstitions, he goes on to say, consisted in dancing round the fire, playing, feasting, singing ribald songs, throwing herbs across the fire, gathering herbs at noon or while fasting, carrying them on the person, preserving them throughout the year, keeping brands or cinders of the fire, and other similar practices.

Which preposition to use with  herb