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Oxford Dictionary of Plant-Lore (Oxford Paperback Reference)

paperback – May 15, 1997
by Vickery, Roy
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ISBN-13: 9780192800534 ISBN-10: 0192800531
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Binding
paperback
Published
May 15, 1997
Weight
0.7 lbs
Dimensions
19.50×2.40×12.90 cm

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Oxford Dictionary of Plant-Lore (Oxford Paperback Reference) by Vickery, Roy. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780192800534.

Why do the Welsh wear a daffodil on St. Davids Day and the Irish a shamrock for St. Patrick? Why do 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 is a vivid and colorful account of British and Irish plant-lore. * Superstitions and herbal remedies, to folk song and childrens games * Folk-names in use today never previously recorded