Wasn't there a fairly tale about a king that gave his bride candidates a bunch of boiled dead seeds and asked them to raise them. He gave the same B.S. about them being magic and the plant that grows will reflect upon the person who grew it. Every one went out and bought exotic and beautiful flowers when they couldn't grow the seed to show except one lady who brought a pot of soil and said she tried everything she could and couldn't grow a thing. It was a test of honesty and she won.