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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"Once
as
our
Saviour
walked
with
men
below,
His
path
of
mercy
through
a
forest
lay;
And
mark
how
all
the
drooping
branches
show
What
homage
best
a
silent
tree
may
pay.
Only
the
aspen
stood
erect
and
free,
Scorning
to
join
the
voiceless
worship
pure,
But
see!
He
cast
one
look
upon
the
tree,
Struck
to
the
heart
she
trembles
evermore."
The
"rose
of
Jericho"
has
long
been
regarded
with
special
reverence,
having
first
blossomed
at
Christ's
birth,
closed
at
His
crucifixion,
and
opened
again
at
the
resurrection.
At
the
flight
into
Egypt
it
is
reported
to
have
sprung
up
to
mark
the
footsteps
of
the
sacred
family,
and
was
consequently
designated
Mary's
rose.
The
pine
protected
them
from
Herod's
soldiers,
while
the
juniper
opened
its
branches
and
offered
a
welcome
shelter,
although
it
afterwards,
says
an
old
legend,
furnished
the
wood
for
the
cross.
But
some
trees
were
not
so
thoughtful,
for
"the
brooms
and
the
chick-peas
rustled
and
crackled,
and
the
flax
bristled
up."
According
to
another
old
legend
we
are
informed
that
by
the
fountain
where
the
Virgin
Mary
washed
the
swaddling-clothes
of
her
sacred
infant,
beautiful
bushes
sprang
up
in
memory
of
the
event.
Among
the
many
further
legends
connected
with
the
Virgin
may
be
mentioned
the
following
connected
with
her
death:--The
story
runs
that
she
was
extremely
anxious
to
see
her
Son
again,
and
that
whilst
weeping,
an
angel
appeared,
and
said,
"Hail,
O
Mary!
I
bring
thee
here
a
branch
of
palm,
gathered
in
paradise;
command
that
it
be
carried
before
thy
bier
in
the
day
of
thy
death,
for
in
three
days
thy
soul
shall
leave
thy
body,
and
thou
shalt
enter
into
paradise,
where
thy
Son
awaits
thy
coming."
The
angel
then
departed,
but
the
palm-branch
shed
a
light
from
every
leaf,
and
the
apostles,
although
scattered
in
different
parts
of
the
world,
were
miraculously
caught
up
and
set
down
at
the
Virgin's
door.
The
sacred
palm-branch
she
then
assigned
to
the
care
of
St.
John,
who
carried
it
before
her
bier
at
the
time
of
her
burial.
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