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Good Henry Also Good King Henry (Harry). [Equivalent to G. der gute Heinrich, F. bon-Henri (1545 in Hatz.-Darm.), med. or mod.L. Bonus Henricus. Cf. further the popular German names of various plants: der böse Heinrich (= ‘bad Henry’); der stolze H. (‘proud H.’); der grosse H. (‘great H.’); der wilde H. (‘wild H.’). The allusion is unexplained, and it is uncertain whether the Eng. and Fr. forms are translated from the Ger.] The plant Mercury Goosefoot (Chenopodium Bonus Henricus), sometimes used as a pot-herb.
1578Lyte Dodoens v. xi. 561 This herbe is called..in English, Good Henry, and Algood. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. xlviii. (1633) 329 In Cambridgeshire it is callen Good King Harry. 1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. IV. 276 Mercury Goosefoot, or Good King Henry. 1894Times 3 Sept. 10/4 The old-fashioned pot-herb, Good King Henry. |