arruda 🍃

Arruda means rue in Brazilian Portuguese.

There's a superstition about a herb called rue. It's a kind of talisman that is sold every morning on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. All the lower class women and black women use about five packets and consider it protection against spells.

DORNELAS, Isabela de Oliveira. “O feto que attenta contra sua vida”: o aborto como terapia nas teses médicas (1830-1890).