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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
197
"Her
wan
complexion's
like
the
withered
leek,
While
Catherine-pears
adorn
my
ruddy
cheek."
Herb-Barbara,
or
St.
Barbara's
cress
(Barbarea
vulgaris),
was
so
called
from
growing
and
being
eaten
about
the
time
of
her
festival
(December
4).
Coming
to
Christmas,
some
of
the
principal
evergreens
used
in
this
country
for
decorative
purposes
are
the
ivy,
laurel,
bay,
arbor
vitae,
rosemary,
and
holly;
mistletoe,
on
account
of
its
connection
with
Druidic
rites,
having
been
excluded
from
churches.
Speaking
of
the
holly,
Mr.
Conway
remarks
that,
"it
was
to
the
ancient
races
of
the
north
a
sign
of
the
life
which
preserved
nature
through
the
desolation
of
winter,
and
was
gathered
into
pagan
temples
to
comfort
the
sylvan
spirits
during
the
general
death."
He
further
adds
that
"it
is
a
singular
fact
that
it
is
used
by
the
wildest
Indians
of
the
Pacific
coast
in
their
ceremonies
of
purification.
The
ashen-faggot
was
in
request
for
the
Christmas
fire,
the
ceremonies
relating
to
which
are
well
known."
Footnotes:
1.
By
D.
Moore
and
A.G.
Moore,
1866.
2.
See
"Journal
of
the
Arch.
Assoc.,"
1832,
vii.
206.
3.
See
"British
Popular
Customs."
4.
"Plant
Lore
Legends
and
Lyrics,"
p.
504.
5.
"Popular
Names
of
British
Plants,"
1879,
p.
204.
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