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It is associated with Midsummer's Eve, and it is used to decorate the temple and as an aspurger.
Hyssop was reportedly one of the herbs Solomon gathered and made into his aspurger for ritual work.
Grieve in "A Modern Herbal" tells us Hyssop is alluded to in the scriptures with: "Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean." Some believe that small bunches of Hyssop were used by the Hebrew people to paint their portals with blood, protecting their children until Moses could lead them safely away.