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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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In
Italy
the
festival
is
designated
"Pasqua
Rosata,"
from
falling
at
a
time
when
roses
are
in
bloom,
while
in
Germany
the
peony
is
the
Pentecost
rose.
Herrick
tells
us
it
was
formerly
the
practice
to
use
birch
and
spring-flowers
for
decorative
purposes
at
Whitsuntide:--
"When
yew
is
out
then
birch
comes
in,
And
May-flowers
beside,
Both
of
a
fresh
and
fragrant
kinne,
To
honour
Whitsontide."
At
this
season,
too,
box-boughs
were
gathered
to
deck
the
large
open
fire-places
then
in
fashion,
and
the
guelder
rose
was
dedicated
to
the
festival.
Certain
flower-sermons
have
been
preached
in
the
city
at
Whitsuntide,
as,
for
instance,
that
at
St.
James's
Church,
Mitre
Court,
Aldgate,
and
another
at
St.
Leonard's
Church,
Shoreditch,
known
as
the
Fairchild
Lecture.
Turning
to
the
Continent,
it
is
customary
in
Hanover
on
Whit-Monday
to
gather
the
lily
of
the
valley,
and
at
the
close
of
the
day
there
is
scarcely
a
house
without
a
large
bouquet,
while
in
Germany
the
broom
is
a
favourite
plant
for
decorations.
In
Russia,
at
the
completion
of
Whitsuntide,
young
girls
repair
to
the
banks
of
the
Neva
and
cast
in
wreaths
of
flowers
in
token
of
their
absent
friends.
Certain
flowers,
such
as
the
rose,
lavender,
woodruff,
and
box
were
formerly
in
request
for
decking
churches
on
St.
Barnabas'
Day,
the
officiating
clergy
having
worn
wreaths
of
roses.
Among
the
allusions
to
the
usage
may
be
mentioned
the
following
entries
in
the
churchwarden's
accounts
of
St.
Mary-at-Hill,
London,
in
the
reigns
of
Edward
IV.
and
Henry
VII.:--"For
rose
garlondis
and
woodrolf
garlondis
on
St.
Barnabe
Daye,
xj'd."
"Item,
for
two
doss
(dozen?)
di
bocse
(box)
garlands
for
prestes
and
clerkes
on
St.
Barnabe
Day,
j's.
v'd."
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