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A Dictionary of Plant-Lore Roy Vickery

A Dictionary of Plant-Lore By Roy Vickery

A Dictionary of Plant-Lore by Roy Vickery


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Summary

Offering a vivid and colourful account of British and Irish plant-lore, this dictionary answers questions such as why the Welsh wear a daffodil on St David's Day and the Irish a shamrock for St Patrick, and why we send flowers to weddings and funerals or kiss under the mistletoe.

A Dictionary of Plant-Lore Summary

A Dictionary of Plant-Lore by Roy Vickery

Offering a vivid and colourful account of British and Irish plant-lore, this dictionary answers questions such as why the Welsh wear a daffodil on St David's Day and the Irish a shamrock for St Patrick, and why 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 covers them all. It also includes: superstitions and herbal remedies; folksong and children's games; and folk-names in use today never previously recorded.

A Dictionary of Plant-Lore Reviews

an extraordinary compendium of traditional beliefs Country Life

Table of Contents

Plant-lore studies in the British Isles; notes for the reader; the dictionary; index of scientific names.

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CIN0192800531G
9780192800534
0192800531
A Dictionary of Plant-Lore by Roy Vickery
Used - Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19970301
458
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