“The wounds of our Lord Christ They are not bound; But these wounds they are bound In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” In Tuscany, on the day of the _Fête-Dieu_, it is often employed. In England, it is considered that if the Broom has plenty of blossoms, it is the sign of a plentiful grain harvest. In Suffolk and Sussex, there is a saying that-- “If you sweep the house with blossomed Broom in May, You are sure to sweep the head of the house away.” By the old herbalists the Broom was considered a panacea for a multiplicity of disorders, and Gerarde tells us that no less a personage than “that worthy Prince of famous memory, Henry VIII., of England, was wont to drink the distilled water of Broome-floures, against surfets and diseases thereof arising.”----Broom is under the planetary influence of Mars. =BRIONY.=--The poisonous fruit or berries of the Black Briony (_Tamus_) are supposed to remove sunburns, freckles, bruises, black eyes, and other blemishes of the skin. Another name of this wild Vine is Our Lady’s Seal. The root of the White Briony may be made to grow in any shape by placing it when young in an earthenware mould. In olden times, designing people by this means obtained roots of frightful forms, which they exhibited as curiosities, or sold as charms. The anodyne necklace, which was a profitable affair for one Doctor Turner in the early part of the present century, consisted of beads made of white Briony-root: it was believed to assist in cutting the teeth of infants, around whose neck it was hung.----Briony is under the dominion of Mars. =BUCKTHORN.=--Of one variety of Buckthorn (_Rhamnus palinurus_) it is said that Christ’s Crown of Thorns was composed. Of another variety (_R. Frangula_) the Mongols make their idols, selecting the wood on account of its rich hue.----The Buckthorn is under the dominion of Saturn.