the mandrake (mandragoras)...

[folksy]

(images googled, others with links)

















http://subrosa-rosamundi.blogspot.com/2008/11/toy-mandrake-root.html




http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24365748



http://www.wildlywoolly.com/2008/11/felted-mandrake.html



http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25842656 (my postcards)



http://mylittlebighead.blogspot.com/2009/03/study-of-mandrakes.html