Back in early times, the term `bacca-laureate` (meaning, `Laurel berries`) signified the completion of a bachelor degree. Newly qualified Doctors received a laurel crown because it was considered a cure-all plant. In ancient Rome, the Emperor Tiberius always wore a laurel wreath during thunderstorms, believing that it would protect him from the Deities or Gods ire, expressed in the despatch of thunder and lightning.
