The author explains:
Where did the title come from? Talking to your bees is a very old Celtic custom (known in other parts of Europe, too) that made it to the Appalachians. You always tell the bees when someone is born, dies, comes or goes—because if you don’t keep them informed, they’ll fly away.I actually ran across this belief in the book Precious Bane, about life in Shropshire during the early 1800s...
she refers to an NPR article about ancient beekeeping, but this video from the Chicago Oriental Institute discusses the subject.
This video is a discussion of the use of herbs, and they actually mention Gabaldon: saying local Scots lasses are busy trying out the herbs used by Claire, and he notes she seems to use a lot of hellebore (which is a very dangerous herb).
Finally, the name Gabaldon is Spanish, and actually we have a town in the area with that name, and the town changed it's name to honor a local politician/businessman/patriot.
presumably the name Gabaldon from the Spanish town, but there is a lot of arguing on the internet if it is Basque origin or not.
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