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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Among
the
Virginian
tribes,
too,
red
clover
was
supposed
to
have
sprung
from
and
to
be
coloured
by
the
blood
of
the
red
men
slain
in
battle,
with
which
may
be
compared
the
well-known
legend
connected
with
the
lily
of
the
valley
formerly
current
in
St.
Leonard's
Forest,
Sussex.
It
is
reported
to
have
sprung
from
the
blood
of
St.
Leonard,
who
once
encountered
a
mighty
worm,
or
"fire-drake,"
in
the
forest,
engaging
with
it
for
three
successive
days.
Eventually
the
saint
came
off
victorious,
but
not
without
being
seriously
wounded;
and
wherever
his
blood
was
shed
there
sprang
up
lilies
of
the
valley
in
profusion.
After
the
battle
of
Towton
a
certain
kind
of
wild
rose
is
reported
to
have
sprung
up
in
the
field
where
the
Yorkists
and
Lancastrians
fell,
only
there
to
be
found:
"There
still
wild
roses
growing,
Frail
tokens
of
the
fray;
And
the
hedgerow
green
bears
witness
Of
Towton
field
that
day."[33]
In
fact,
there
are
numerous
legends
of
this
kind;
and
it
may
be
remembered
how
Defoe,
in
his
"Tour
through
Great
Britain,"
speaks
of
a
certain
camp
called
Barrow
Hill,
adding,
"they
say
this
was
a
Danish
camp,
and
everything
hereabout
is
attributed
to
the
Danes,
because
of
the
neighbouring
Daventry,
which
they
suppose
to
be
built
by
them.
The
road
hereabouts
too,
being
overgrown
with
Dane-weed,
they
fancy
it
sprung
from
the
blood
of
Danes
slain
in
battle,
and
that
if
cut
upon
a
certain
day
in
the
year,
it
bleeds."[34]
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