Editing Rosemary (section)

== In culture ==
Rosemary was considered sacred to ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks.<ref name=drugs/> In ''[[Don Quixote]]'' (Part One, Chapter XVII), the fictional hero uses rosemary in his recipe for [[fierabras|balm of fierabras]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Capuano |first=Thomas M. |year=2005 |title=Las huellas de otro texto médico en Don Quijote: Las virtudes del romero |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Las+huellas+de+otro+texto+medico+en+don+Quijote%3a+las+Virtudes+del...-a0194333526 |journal=Romance Notes |language=es |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=303–310}}</ref> It was written about by [[Pliny the Elder]] (23–79 CE)<ref>Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, trans. John Bostock (London: Taylor and Francis, 1855)</ref> and [[Pedanius Dioscorides]] (c. 40 CE to c. 90 CE), a Greek botanist (amongst other things). The latter talked about rosemary in his most famous writing, ''[[De Materia Medica]]'', one of the most influential herbal books in history.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pedanius Dioscorides of Anazarbos |title=De materia medica: Being an herbal with many other medicinal matters. Written in Greek in the first century of the common era |date=2000 |publisher=IBIDIS |isbn=0-620-23435-0 |editor1-last=Osbaldeston |editor1-first=Tess Anne |location=Johannesburg}}</ref>

The plant has been used as a symbol for remembrance during war commemorations and funerals in Europe and Australia.<ref name="Gallipoli">{{cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/customs/rosemary.asp|title=Rosemary|publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219155712/https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/customs/rosemary.asp|archive-date=19 December 2013|access-date=10 November 2011}}</ref> Mourners would throw it into graves as a symbol of remembrance for the dead.
In Australia, sprigs of rosemary are worn on [[ANZAC Day]] and sometimes [[Remembrance Day]] to signify remembrance; the herb grows wild on the [[Gallipoli Peninsula]], where many Australians died during World War I.<ref name="Gallipoli"/>

Several Shakespeare plays refer to the use of rosemary in burial or memorial rites. In [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] ''[[Hamlet]]'', [[Ophelia (character)|Ophelia]] says, "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/doc/Ham_Q1M/scene/13/|last=Shakespeare|first=William|title=Hamlet, Scene 13|publisher=Internet Shakespeare|date=11 January 2019}}</ref> It likewise appears in Shakespeare's [[The Winter's Tale|''Winter's Tale'']] in Act 4 Scene 4, where Perdita talks about "Rosemary and Rue".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shakespeare |first1=William |title=The Winter's Tale |date=2005 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=139}}</ref> In Act 4 Scene 5 of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', Friar Lawrence admonishes the Capulet household to "stick your rosemary on this fair corse, and as the custom is, and in her best array, bear her to church."{{cn|date=March 2023}} It is also said that "In the language of flowers it means 'fidelity in love.'"<ref>Brewer, E. Cobham, ''Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.'' 14th ed., London: Cassel, Petter, Galpin, and Co., no date [1880 per Google Books], p. 765.</ref>

Rosemary is one of the four herbs mentioned in the refrain of the folk song "[[Scarborough Fair (ballad)|Scarborough Fair]]."

In the Spanish fairy tale [[The Sprig of Rosemary]], the heroine touches the hero with the titular sprig of rosemary in order to restore his magically lost memory.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lang|first1=Andrew|title=The Pink Fairy Book |date=1897 |publisher=Longmans, Green and Co |page=237}}</ref>

Rosemary is used in [[Danube Swabians|Danube Swabian]] culture for christenings, weddings, burials and festivals; for example, an apple with a sprig of rosemary in it is used for [[Kirchweih]] celebrations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosemary in the Life of the Danube Swabians by Hans Gehl |url=https://www.dvhh.org/heritage/Tullius/rosemary-life-DS-Gehl~Tullius.htm |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=www.dvhh.org}}</ref>