14 During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes." 15 But ...

SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama Prefecture--A sketch of a mandrake by Minakata Kumagusu (1867-1941) on show for the first time reflects the legend that the plant’s roots emit a deadly scream when it is ...