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It was believed that if the herb, houseleek, grows on your cottage roof, it will never be struck with lightning. Houseleek is also known as Thunder Plant, Liveforever, Jupiter's Eye, Thor's Beard, Aaron's Rod and Hens & Chicks.
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Houseleek (Original Post)
My Good Babushka
Jun 2014
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)1. is this the plant ... ?
My Good Babushka
(2,710 posts)2. Yes.
I've always known it as hens and chicks.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)3. In my Neck Of The Woods, we call the plant =
Hen and PeePees ...
I don't know why we call chicks, peepees but, we do.
I have also heard them called nuggets but, I think that is because of Chicken Nuggets.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)4. Maybe chicks were called peep peeps then it got shortened to peepees
whistler162
(11,155 posts)5. So people used to believe it was good
to have a leeky roof!