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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"Where
rosemary
flourishes
the
lady
rules."
Vetches,
from
being
reputed
a
most
hardy
grain,
have
been
embodied
in
the
following
adage:--
"A
thetch
will
go
through
The
bottom
of
an
old
shoe,"
Which
reminds
us
of
the
proverbial
saying:--
"Like
a
camomile
bed,
The
more
it
is
trodden
The
more
it
will
spread."
The
common
expression:--
"Worth
a
plum,"
Is
generally
said
of
a
man
who
is
accredited
with
large
means,
and
another
adage
tells
us
that,
"The
higher
the
plum-tree,
the
riper
the
plum."
To
live
in
luxury
and
affluence
is
expressed
by
the
proverbial
phrase
"To
live
in
clover,"
with
which
may
be
compared
the
saying
"Do
it
up
in
lavender,"
applied
to
anything
which
is
valuable
and
precious.
A
further
similar
phrase
is
"Laid
up
in
lavender,"
in
allusion
to
the
old-fashioned
custom
of
scenting
newly-washed
linen
with
this
fragrant
plant.
Thus
Shenstone
says:--
"Lavender,
whose
spikes
of
azure
bloom
Shall
be,
erewhile,
in
arid
bundles
bound,
To
lurk
amidst
the
labours
of
her
loom,
And
crown
her
kerchiefs
clean
with
micklc
rare
perfume."
According
to
Gerarde,
the
Spartans
were
in
the
habit
of
eating
cress
with
their
bread,
from
a
popular
notion
very
generally
held
among
the
ancients,
that
those
who
ate
it
became
noted
for
their
wit
and
decision
of
character.
Hence
the
old
proverb:--
"Eat
cress
to
learn
more
wit."
Of
fruit
proverbs
we
are
told
that,
"If
you
would
enjoy
the
fruit,
pluck
not
the
flower."
And
again:--
"When
all
fruit
fails,
welcome
haws."
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