posted 1 month ago
There once was an old man who liked to fish and hunt in the woods. He had a long white hair and beard that reached down to his waist. One day he was very tired, having slept poorly, andended up stumbling into a swamp full of an especially fragrant and beautiful kind of mint. He sat there for a little while, regaining his strength and hoping to get a change of clothes. So as a result he got up and went back home, covered all over and plastered in mud and mint and smelling very pleasantly.
When he got back his family was all asking him, what has gotten over you, what has gotten over you?
The little grandson, a precocious young botanist, exclaimed, It’s hairy woodmint!