Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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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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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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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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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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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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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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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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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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It's St Mark's Eve! In the 17-19th centuries, people might hold a vigil in the church porch between 11 pm and 1 am to see visions of who would die that coming year pass into the church. In some traditions, they did so for 3 successive years to see the apparations [Image by me] #FabulousFolklorePodcast #Folklore #StMarksEve #FolkTraditions #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreBlog
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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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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
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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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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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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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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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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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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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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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If you eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and grey peas on Ash Wednesday, you'd have money in your purse all year!
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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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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
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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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Red sky at night, shepherd's delight!
Although some areas substitute shepherd for sailor. I'm inland, so shepherd it is.
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Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
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Although some areas substitute shepherd for sailor. I'm inland, so shepherd it is.
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