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23rd April is #StGeorgesDay. He has been the #patronsaint of #England since 1415.
Edward Burne-Jones, #StGeorge Kills the Dragon, 1866. #Victorian #ArtLovers #arte #twitart #art

“Physic without astrology is like a lamp without oil “, Nicholas Culpeper, c.1653.Until the C18th medicine & astrology were inextricably linked. The zodiac man was used by doctors to determine the type, cause & cure of illness & the timing of treatment & surgery
#FolkloreThursday

Bellrope Meadow, #Cookham, #Berkshire, Stanley Spencer, 1936 #Artlovers #art #twitart #Spring #arte @Touchstones

“Stories make your heart grow.”
#WinnieThePooh.
A love of books stays with you forever. Always, always, always encourage children to read.
#InternationalChildrensBookDay

Some lovely rabbits & a hare in #art for #EasterMonday.
Titian, The Madonna of the #Rabbit, 1530,
Albrecht Durer, A Young Hare, 1502,
Roman Rabbit & Figs, pre-79 AD,
Henry Raeburn, Boy & Rabbit,1814. The artist’s godson, seen here with his pet #rabbit, was deaf & dumb. #arte

Late #Victorian wallpaper designed by Walter Crane:
Swan & Rush & Iris, 1875, (royalty)
Iris & Kingfisher, 1877, (abundance)
Fig & Peacock, c.1895,
(fertility)
Cockatoo & Pomegranate, 1899, (pairing of a comical bird with the sacred fruit of the Underworld)
#FolkloreThursday

Jasmine is said to attract love & money if grown either in or around the home. It is a powerful
aphrodisiac & is symbolic of the moon, dreams, & the mysteries of the night.
#Illustration: Mary Cicely Barker,
A Flower Fairy Alphabet,
c.1930 #FolkloreThursday

“Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie.”
Walter Crane’s #illustrations for his children’s book, Song of Sixpence, published in 1909.
#Edwardian #nurseryrhyme #BritishPieWeek #FolkloreThursday

In old German lore:
The shy little #snowdrop once did the snow a great kindness by offering up its colour when all the brighter flowers had sneeringly refused. In return the snow protected the snowdrop from all the harshness of winter. Illust: Cicely Barker #FolkloreThursday

An ancient #Scottish custom is to give a newborn baby a silver coin. If the coin is clutched tightly, the babe will be careful with money. If the coin is dropped, a future as a spendthrift is predicted.
Illust: Cicely Barker. Heather is a plant of good luck. #FolkloreThursday