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Bushes
DIR By: Jinxed
Date: February 29, 2024, 1:26 pm
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Bushes
Berry Bush
Quote:
At bushes I stopped and nibbled at berries.
Captive of Gor, Book 7, pg 182
Elinor Brinton, the Gorean slave girl, quickly bend down and ,
with her fingers, pulled berries from the twigs of a small bush,
and put them in her leather bucket.
Captive of Gor, Book 7, pg 207
Brak Bush
a shrub whose leaves have a purgative affect when chewed.
traditionally branches are nailed to doors during the Waiting
Hand to discourage the entry of bad luck for the New Year
Quote:
Three male house slaves stumbled by, crowned with odorous
garlands woven of the Brak Bush.
Assassin of Gor Book 5 Page 223
The Waiting Hand, the five-day period preceding the vernal
equinox, the first day of spring, is a very solemn time for most
Goreans. During this time few ventures are embarked upon, and
little or no business is conducted. During this time most
Goreans remain within their houses. It is in this time that the
doors of many homes are sealed with pitch and have nailed to
them branches of the brak bush, the leaves of which have a
purgative effect. These precautions, and others like them, are
intended to discourage the entry of ill luck into the houses.
. . .
At dawn on the day of the vernal equinox a ceremonial greeting
of the sun takes place,
. . .
The brak bushes are burned on the threshold and the pitch is
washed away.
Players of Gor Book 20 Page 10
Kada Bush
a plant that grows in desert regions. roots are extremely toxic
and even poisonous. leaves can be rolled, which then can be
chewed or sucked on to produce a stimulant effect.
Quote:
The roots of the kanda plant, which grows largely in desert
regions on Gor, are extremely toxic, but, surprisingly, the
rolled leaves of this plant, which are relatively innocuous, are
formed into strings and, chewed or sucked, are much favored by
many Goreans, particularly in the southern hemisphere, where the
leaf is more abundant.
Nomads of Gor Book 4 Page 43
Rep Bush
whitish fibrous matter found in seed pods of a small reddish
bush, used to make rep-cloth
Quote:
Rep is a whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a
small, reddish, woody bush, commercially grown in several areas,
but particularly below Ar and above the equator; the cheap
rep-cloth is woven in mills, commonly, in various cities; it
takes dyes well and, being cheap and strong, is popular,
particularly among the lower castes.
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Pages 10 - 11
Sweet
Quote:
A small fire, of sweet-brush and needles, from needle trees, is
then built.
Blood Brothers of Gor Book 18 Page 308
I wondered if the smoke of sweet-brush and needles, if the
rubbing with white clay, might not have its effect not so much
in encouraging the approach of medicine helpers but in lessening
the probability of the approach of sleen.
Blood Brothers of Gor Book 18 Page 309
Thorn Bush
Quote:
As it grew dark I cut and dragged thorn brush about the girls,
to form a makeshift defensive perimeter.
. . .
I thrust the last bush, spreading and thick, of thorn brush into
place.
Hunters of Gor Book 8 Page 196
There was a corral of thorn brush, uprooted and woven together,
which served for kaiila. Within it, now, were four pack kaiila.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 137
Tospit Bush
Quote:
Larma and tospits are also grown at the oases, in small
orchards.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 37
A boy passed, spitting out the seeds of a tospit. The thought of
Kamchak, of the Tuchuks, passed through my mind. I smiled. Only
the rare, long-stemmed tospit contained an even number of seeds.
On the Plains of Turia, or in the Land of the Wagon Peoples, it
was available only late in the summer. Here, in Tor, however,
with its two growing seasons, they might be available much
earlier. Still, if pressed, I would have guessed that the boy's
tospit contained an odd number of seeds. Most tospits do. I
would not, however, have been likely to wager on the matter with
Kamchak of the Tuchuks. I was mildly surprised that the boy had
been eating the tospit raw, for they are quite bitter, but, I
knew, that people of the Tahari regions, these bright, hot
regions, relished strong tastes and smells.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Pages 45 - 46
Turl Bush
Quote:
From the long, leather tube, Kog removed what appeared to be a
large piece of closely rolled, soft-tanned hide. It was very
light in color, almost white, and tied with string. There was a
slight smell of smoke about it, probably from the smoke of the
turl bush. Such hides may be waterproofed by suspending them
from, and wrapping them about; a small tripod of sticks, this
set over a small fire on which, to produce the desiderated
smoke, the leaves and branches of the turl bush are heavily
strewn.
Savages of Gor Book 17 Page 32
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