Which pungent bulb was hung around Londoners' necks during the Great Plague of 1665 in the belief it warded off infection?

Long before germ theory, Britons trusted all sorts of folk remedies to keep the pestilence at bay. One kitchen staple was worn as a fragrant necklace by the desperate and the wealthy alike.

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