Red Clover!

Also known as beebread, cow grass, honeysuckle clover, and marl grass.

According to folklore, you should wear it over your heart on blue silk to recover from heartbreak in love.

And wear red clover before you sign any financial contracts!

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From The Starry Night to a wheatfield: Van Gogh's darkest symbol - BBC Culture

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230612-from-the-starry-night-to-a-wheatfield-van-goghs-darkest-symbol

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Herb bennet is also known as cloveroot, colewort, golden star, St Benedict's Herb, and wood avens.

It could be used to drive away evil spirits.

According to S. Theresa Dietz, if worn as an amulet, it could prevent attacks by dogs or venomous snakes.

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It's World Bee Day! Did you know that a bee landing on your hand means money is on the way? If one lands on your head, it means success will be yours!

It's also essential to speak to bees in a calm voice. And you should never swear at bees. They might take offence and leave their hive.

I have a blog post with more bee lore if you're interested - https://www.icysedgwick.com/bees-folklore/

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The forget-me-not was once called scorpion grass because the flower heads curl over and people thought they looked like scorpion tails.

In the mid-1850s, there was a trend in Germany for planting forget-me-nots on graves.

In the Victorian language of flowers, the forget-me-not meant 'remembrance'.

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Thistles are a beautiful plant and the beloved floral emblem of Scotland. Find out how thistles can banish evil, drive away gloomy thoughts, and protect your home in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! https://pod.co/fabulous-folklore-with-icy/folklore-of-thistles-protection-from-evil-predicting-rain-and-a-mental-boost #FabulousFolklorePodcast #Thistles #Folklore #PlantLore

I'm doing another folklore talk with Creswell Crags, this time about the folklore of poisonous plants, including monkshood, deadly nightshade and foxglove! If you're free at 6 pm BST on 29 May, I'd love to see you there!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harm-in-the-hedgerows-the-folklore-of-poisonous-plants-tickets-626186419437 #Folklore #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreOfPlants #PlantLore

Daisies are pretty but their growth on lawns can make them an unwanted plant. They're also associated with love, childhood & divination, so let's look at daisy chains and pulling petals in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! https://pod.co/fabulous-folklore-with-icy/folklore-of-daisies-love-divination-and-daisy-chains #FabulousFolklorePodcast #Daisies #Folklore #PlantLore

Been working on song texts for beginning singers and have spent the day looking up a lot of #folklore, including #plantlore, #deer, #banshees, #birds, #shape-changers, and more. Now I've got a text about a banshee who's not really a banshee. Got a favorite bit of folklore?

Greater Periwinkle, also known as Sorcerer’s Violet, Creeping Myrtle, Joy on the Ground, and Devil’s Eye. Periwinkle contains vincamine, used as a cerebral stimulant. The plant represents early recollections, memories, and sweet remembrance. One snippet of folklore suggests that gazing at periwinkle flowers would restore lost memories. #FabulousFolklorePodcast #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #PlantLore #Flowers #FolkloreBlog #Periwinkle #Plants

According to folklore, daffodils were originally white, and a favoured flower of Persephone. When Hades caught her, his touch turned the blooms yellow. It’s unsurprising that the daffodil is considered the flower of the underworld and they often appear on graves. In the Victorian language of flowers, daffodils meant 'regard'.
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Ribes sanguineum, or flowering currant.

People believed it was bad luck to bring this beautiful plant indoors.

In the Victorian language of flowers, currant meant 'Thy frown will kill me'.

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Crocuses in Waterlow Park.

According to Greek myth, a youth named Crocus had an affair with a nymph called Smilax. He became unhappy with the relationship and the gods turned him into a plant (and Smilax into a yew tree).

Others think Crocus unalived himself when the gods refused permission for him to marry Smilax. Flora, goddess of flowers, turned them into plants out of pity.

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Pulmonaria, aka lungwort! So named because people thought the spotted leaves looked like diseased lungs, and in the Doctrine of Signatures, a plant part resembled the body part it was believed to treat.

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Primroses meant 'early youth' in the Victorian language of flowers, according to Mrs Burke's Language of Flowers dictionary.

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According to folklore, the ancient Greeks planted purple irises graves so the goddess Iris would lead their loved ones to heaven. In the Victorian language of flowers, the iris means you're sending an important message. #FolkloreThursday #PlantLore #PlantFolklore #Folklore #FlowersOfMastodon #PurpleIris #VictorianLanguageOfFlowers #FabulousFolklorePodcast [My Image]

In my quest to follow the #seasons this year I’ve been reading about #wildflowers in #Britain, where I live. One book I’m reading mentioned THE ENGLISHMAN’S FLORA— a compendium of traditional #plantlore published in 1958, but now out of print.

I was intrigued enough that I went looking on eBay, and found this delightful copy of the 1960 reprint in very good condition with this marvellous & beautifully calligraphic inscription! And it cost of all of £13.

Thank you, Frances— wherever you are.

In Jamaican folklore, planting or keeping sweet basil by the gates, doors, and windows of your house or apartment will ward off malevolent duppies and negative vibes from entering your home. It’s said that if the basil plant suddenly gives off a scent, it means a duppy is near.

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Croci coming up in Newcastle!

In the Victorian language of flowers, the crocus meant gladness and cheerfulness. White croci represented truth, innocence and purity. The purple variety implied success, pride and dignity. The yellow type meant joy.

There's an episode of Fabulous Folklore dedicated to the crocus!

https://pod.co/fabulous-folklore-with-icy/spring-has-sprung-origin-myths-and-crocus-folklore

#Crocus #LanguageOfFlowers #Floriography #VictorianLanguageOfFlowers #FabulousFolklorePodcast #FolkloreBlog #PlantLore #FlowerMeanings #FlowerSymbolism

Want to know if your lover is faithful?

In Jamaican folklore, one would make a slit in the leaves of a Leaf of Life plant and place them over a door of their lover's house. If the slits bud, their lover is loyal. The ones that don't bud indicate the number of times their lover has cheated.

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