St. John the Baptist

Crucifixion (unknown author) Church of St John the Baptist in Hlucfn 1540 1560 Rabbit glue [42]... 

The plant with the pretty yellow flowers was christened St. John s wort because it begins to bloom around June 24, the purported birthday of St. John the Baptist. Until a couple of years ago, Hypericum perforatum grew on our roadsides in virtual obscurity, but today preparations made from the plant jostle for our attention on the shelves of pharmacies and health food stores. Relieves insomnia, neuralgia and nervous tension, one label boldly declares, while another sedately promises to make you feel your best. Sounds intriguing. 

Joe Karabinos met Ann Kolbas at Easter, 1942, at St. John The Baptist Church in Akron. They were married in that church on September 7, 1942 they had four daughters and three sons. Ann s parents, Mary and John Kolbas (also of Slovak origin), now retired, still live in Akron. 

The chronicles of the county contain numerous references to the name Bourne. As early as 1315, a John de la Bourne was chaplain to the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, Lichfield in 1548, John and William Bourne jointly held the lease of the prebend of Congreve in the collegiate church of Penkridge. In 1654, Richard Bourne was established in Cannock by the Church Commissioners to preach the gospel at a salary of 100 per annum. 

The Italians have a saying that one should eat cherries only before St. John the Baptist s Day. Why ... 

The dyestuff, which is also called scarlet or carmine, may be obtained from the dried female kermes scale-insects (various species, e.g. Kermes ver-milio and Kermococcus ilicis L.) by extraction with ethanol (Fig. 2.19). Ker-mesic acid serves as an ant repellent to these insects living on Kermes oaks Quercus coccifera) in the Mediterranean. [50] The Polish cochineal (Por-phyrophora polonica L.), which lives on the roots of a member of the carnation family (Perennial knawel, Scleranthusperennis), was first mentioned in 812 in Charlemagne s Capitulare. It was also known as Saint John s blood , because harvesting began by tradition on the feast-day of St John the Baptist (June 24) (Fig. 2.20). 

Locust bean gum has a stracture that is very similar to that of guar gum, but it has a different ratio of D-marmose and D-galactose (about 3.5 1). Traditional interpretation says that St. John the Baptist survived in the desert by eating locust... 

Carob pods are believed to be the locusts consumed by St. John the Baptist, hence the name St. John s bread. Seeds were used in ancient times as weight units for gold from which the term carat is reportedly derived. 

This chapter deals overall with psychotherapeutic medications for mental illnesses, but that does not mean alternative interventions do not exist. One example is the herb St. John s wort (sometimes spelled St. Johnswort). The word wort means plant, and this particular yellow-flowered plant carries the Latin name Hypericum perforatum. Also called goatweed, hypericum, and Klamath weed, St. John s wort grows wild in the western United States and throughout Europe. Its peak blooming period is late June, around the time of the traditional birthday of John the Baptist (June 24), thus the name of the plant. 

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