Now hang on a minute, what has your humble herb garden and the ubiquitous parsley got to do with the devil?   I will explain.

Anyone who grows parsley from seed will tell you that getting the seeds  to germinate is a gardening challenge of note and can take anything from 3 to 6 weeks.  The difficulty in germinating parsley seeds gave rise to the mid 17th century legend  which says that parsley seeds have to travel 9 times to the devil and back before they will germinate!.  There was a superstition that parsley belongs to the devil.  The seeds that do not germinate belong to the devil.   As with many herbs which have been cultivated for centuries, there are a number of fascinating old myths and legends about parsley.

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