Nonna Strega

Currently bouncing off another attempt to appreciate John M. Ford's The Dragon Waiting, and am heading into a tangent to chase down one cryptic reference that still baffles the book's fan concordance:

p94:

"My son thought you were a witch. Are you?"
"No, my lord."
"But you know the power of the crocus." [Federigo] pointed to Cynthia's pendant. "Guidobaldo doesn't know it, but his grandmother was a witch. She healed me with the crocus..."

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