
Why do the Welsh wear a daffodil on St. David's Day and the Irish a shamrock for St. Patrick? Why do we send flowers to weddings and funerals or kiss under the mistletoe? From elderflower tea (`a universal panacea') to lesser yellow trefoil (the true shamrock), from corn dollies and crop circles to plants which forecast the weather (pennywort and scarlet pimpernel), this dictionary is a vivid and colorful account of British and Irish plant-lore.* Superstitions and herbal remedies, to folk song and children's games* Folk-names in use today never previously recorded
Page Count:
464
Publication Date:
1997-05-15
ISBN-10:
0192800531
ISBN-13:
9780192800534
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