Pandora > wrote:
-snip-
>
>Borago or borrago officinalis (both terms are valid) is an herb and
>you can find it on google or Wikipedia. It's leaves are used in
>kitchen ( they have a cucumber taste9 and it's blue flowers are used
>in confectionery.

The Italian threw me off-- but the Latin and the description made me
wonder how you folks handle 'the verse'.

A Google sent me here & probably solved the mystery-
http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/b/borage66.html

Quoting Gerard;
"Pliny calls it Euphrosinum, because it maketh a man merry and
joyfull: which thing also the old verse concerning Borage doth
testifie:
Ego Borago - (I, Borage)
Gaudia semper ago. - (Bring alwaies courage.) "

It rhymes in Latin *and* English.<g> How does Italian do it?

Jim

On 29 Dic, 19:19, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> Pandora > wrote:
>
> -snip-
>
>
>
> >Borago or borrago officinalis (both terms are valid) is an herb and
> >you can find it on google or Wikipedia. It's leaves are used in
> >kitchen ( they have a cucumber taste9 and it's blue flowers are used
> >in confectionery.
>
> The Italian threw me off-- but the Latin and the description made me
> wonder how you folks handle 'the verse'.
>
> A Google sent me here & probably solved the mystery-http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/b/borage66.html
>
> Quoting Gerard;
> "Pliny calls it Euphrosinum, because it maketh a man merry and
> joyfull: which thing also the old verse concerning Borage doth
> testifie:
> Ego Borago - (I, Borage)
> Gaudia semper ago. - (Bring alwaies courage.) "
>
> It rhymes in Latin *and* English.<g> *How does Italian do it?
>
> Jim

Well, in medieval latin they call "Borrago officinalis". BTW all the
engine search take you to the same herb