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🌿Thyme🌿

In Medieval times, the scent of this plant was associated with bravery. Thyme was also linked with Fairies, that supposedly adored thyme. So, bring thyme to your house: great scent, inspires courage and attracts Fairies 😈!
🎨Illustration C.M. Barker

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In the English Midlands, the buttercup was nicknamed "crazy" and the smell of it was believed to produce insanity...

🎨Hicks

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In Irish mythology, knowledge & wisdom are said to be stored in nine sacred hazel bushes surrounding a secret pond. In the pond swims a salmon that one day swallows the hazelnuts that fell into the pond, thus acquiring all the knowledge & wisdom in the world.

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"Walnuts you can pickle, the vinegars' good; if you've a sore throat, then use it you should"

lore collected by Síghle Ní Laoghaire in Co. Cork, Eire, sourced via https://t.co/w4ZT54jOwJ
Link; https://t.co/dV6P7Bvt02

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"N is for Nuts, they a wholesome dish make
Oats make fine porridge, so highly nutritious
P is for Parsnips - when cooked they're delicious Q is for Quince, which cures gumboils quite soon"

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"Ivy and Vinegar makes a corn cure
Jelly from Carrageen's nourishing and pure
K is a letter from which I will keep
L is for Lettuce - eat this and you'll sleep
M is for Mint, which is good for headache"

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"E is for Elder, it makes fine face cream
Figs cure toothache, if in hot milk they steam
G is for Ginger, it's good for the gout
H is for Honey, it makes you grow stout"

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An old plant alphabet via https://t.co/w4ZT54jOwJ -

"A is for Almonds, for coughs, colds, and chills
B is for Barley, it cures many ills
C is for Cabbage, it's good for the skin
Drink Dandelion Wine; and you'll never be thin"

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Columbine was also known as “Granny bonnet”.

It was thought to be a thankless flower and the emblem of forsaken lovers.

Illustration from ‘Shakespeare’s Flowers’
https://t.co/L3GTPDHKZl

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In Brittany, Houseleek was thought to wilt in the presence of a witch. Protection against the demon known as the Bugul Noz was thought assured by a cross of Rosehip. Gorse flower protected against the malice of the korrigans; Elderberry against all witchcraft.

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According to a woman who could not choose between two lovers should make a powder of marigold, marjoram & thyme, then rub it on her body while chanting a prayer to Saint Luke. The man she dreamed of was meant to be her husband.

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Grandville's The Flowers Personified (1847) show a fantasy world peopled by humanised flowers. His disquieting images are recognised as an inspiration to the surrealist movement.

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The Cedar tree is often referred to as The Tree of Life in plant folklore, due to it's long life.
It represents purification, with its wood often burnt to ward off evil spirits.

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‘We plough the seeds & scatter’, is one of the most performed hymns in the UK, written by German poet Claudius.
John Betjeman parodied it as "We spray the fields & scatter the poison on the land" in protest against modern farming methods.
(🎨Clausen)

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The Ellyllon were tiny Welsh Elves that hid in ancient groves and valleys. They lived on Fairy butter (a substance that grew in limestone rock crevices) and ‘bwyd ellyllon’ (toadstools) They were also known to wear Foxglove gloves and hats

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Jubokko are trees found on battlefields in Japan. It is believed that because they absorb the blood of slaughtered bodies through their roots, they transform into They then snatch passers by, pierce their skin and drain every last drop of their blood.

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Lilacs are steeped in legend & lore. In Greek mythology a nymph Syringa (Lilac’s genus name) being pursued by a lecherous Pan, seeks help to escape him, & is transformed into a Lilac bush. In the Victorian language of flowers, lilacs mean new love & remembrance.

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In Park Hill park, south London is the secret flower fairy garden dedicated to artist Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973).

She designed fairy costumes for children, then painted them alongside her accurate depictions of plants which she had supplied by

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It was said that large patches of groundsel grew where witches had gathered. Groundsel growing on a thatched roof indicated that a witch had landed her broomstick there.

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Central Asian lore has tales of the Vegetable Lambs of Tartary: sheep that grow from plants. They stay connected to the plant by stems resembling umbilical cords & can only graze as far as the cords allow. Once all nearby plants have been eaten, the sheep die.

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