The Apprenticeship Of Lucas Whitaker (1996) - Plot & Excerpts
Moll went through her stores of plants and explained their uses to Lucas, and how best to prepare them. When the weather was fair, they roamed the woods together. Lucas, who had spent his entire life in the Connecticut countryside, felt as if he were seeing it for the first time. Moll pointed out the dens of foxes and bears, the holes where woodchucks had slept the winter months away, the matted grassy spots where deer had bedded down, the places where their fawns had been born. Sometimes people stopped by for medicines or advice. Lucas watched and listened as Moll dispensed black walnut hulls for tapeworm, catnip for colic, angelica root for rheumatism, peppermint and ginger to ease stomach pain, thyme and spearmint to freshen the breath, honey to sweeten the disposition. One day Moll sent Lucas to gather cobwebs, which she used to bandage the wound on a young girl’s leg. Lucas noticed that the leaves and bark from the slippery elm were Moll’s favorite remedy for sore throats and cough.
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