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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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And
"If
you
would
have
fruit,
you
must
carry
the
leaf
to
the
grave;"
which
Ray
explains,
"You
must
transplant
your
trees
just
about
the
fall
of
the
leaf,"
and
then
there
is
the
much-quoted
rhyme:--
"Fruit
out
of
season,
Sorrow
out
of
reason."
Respecting
the
vine,
it
is
said:--
"Make
the
vine
poor,
and
it
will
make
you
rich,"
That
is,
prune
off
its
branches;
and
another
adage
is
to
this
effect:
"Short
boughs,
long
vintage."
The
constant
blooming
of
the
gorse
has
given
rise
to
a
popular
Northamptonshire
proverb:--
"When
gorse
is
out
of
bloom,
kissing
is
out
of
season."
The
health-giving
properties
of
various
plants
have
long
been
in
the
highest
repute,
and
have
given
rise
to
numerous
well-known
proverbs,
which
are
still
heard
in
many
a
home.
Thus
old
Gerarde,
describing
the
virtues
of
the
mallow,
tells
us:--
"If
that
of
health
you
have
any
special
care,
Use
French
mallows,
that
to
the
body
wholesome
are."
Then
there
is
the
time-honoured
adage
which
says
that:--
"He
that
would
live
for
aye
Must
eat
sage
in
May."
And
Aubrey
has
bequeathed
us
the
following
piece
of
advice:--
"Eat
leeks
in
Lide,
and
ramsines
in
May,
And
all
the
year
after
physicians
may
play."
There
are
many
sayings
of
this
kind
still
current
among
our
country-folk,
some
of
which
no
doubt
contain
good
advice;
and
of
the
plaintain,
which
from
time
immemorial
has
been
used
as
a
vulnerary,
it
is
said:--
"Plantain
ribbed,
that
heals
the
reaper's
wounds."
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