The rose hip are fruits from a rose bush. These berries are found in many colours and when ripe, they can be red, orange, black and purple. They can be found all around the world in different temperatures, and they can even last into Winter. These berries become ready food for wild animals. Wild edible berries, rose hips are used in cooking, desserts, side dishes and jams. Rosy red sandwiches and cakes, biscuits and jelly. Rose-hips can be used to make tea, fruit juice and wine. People in prehistory began using rose hip berries to make jam.
It's been associated with love. Rose-hips are popular in Iceland as these are considered berries that symbolise true love. In folklore, the belief in tying a red ribbon around a bunch of roses and rose bush sticks with rose hip berries on a Friday would attract love in a person's life.
Rose hips have been used as a form of natural medicine to treat painful menstrual cycles in women, tummy aches, headaches and the flu. In England, rose hips were a treatment for scurvy. In America, indigenous tribes used rose hip berries to treat infections and other ailments. Some believe that the seeds of rose hips can protect against bad dreams. In Medieval times, rose hip berries were worn as amulets to protect against evil. Sometimes rose hips were used for naughty pranks. Mischief makers removed fibre from rose hip berries to make itching powder.
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