Plant Superstitions & Beliefs

[bugmum]

as any rule kno

Bonus points for attempting to quote Molesworth. It's just a shame your auto-correct thought it knew better.

 

[escargot]

Bonus points for attempting to quote Molesworth. It's just a shame your auto-correct thought it knew better.

Naah, it'll be my mistake. It's been many years since my St Custard's days.

 

[Yithian]

Didn't go nutting yesterday and wasn't back home in Kent--close call.

Source:
Publications of the Folk-Lore Society (1878)

 

[Kondoru]

Kissing is out of season hen the gorse is not in flower.

(Gorse flowers mostly all summer but there will be a few blooms all year round...)

 

[Frideswide]

Kissing is out of season hen the gorse is not in flower.

A popular one in my family in the form

Kissing's out of fashion when gorse is out of flower.

 

[AnonyJ]

My London-based friend was pleased to donate her Bay tree (Laurus nobilis) prunings to her Hindu neighbours when asked; their sweet-smelling foliage was to be gently washed and used to decorate the statues (Murti) at their local Mandir (Temple).

Italian students often wear Bay crowns when graduating

Photo credit: Diego Sideburns/ Perugia, Umbria: Graduation laurel wreath (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)