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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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It
having
been
the
common
notion
that
plants
were
affected
by
the
neighbourhood
of
other
plants
to
such
an
extent
that
they
imbibed
each
other's
virtues
and
faults.
Accordingly
sweet
flowers
were
planted
near
fruit-trees,
with
the
idea
of
improving
the
flavour
of
the
fruit;
and,
on
the
other
hand,
evil-smelling
trees,
like
the
elder,
were
carefully
cleaned
away
from
fruit-trees,
lest
they
should
become
tainted.
[4]
Further
superstitions
have
been
incidentally
alluded
to
throughout
the
present
volume,
necessarily
associated
as
they
are
with
most
sections
of
plant
folk-lore.
It
should
also
be
noticed
that
in
the
various
folk-tales
which
have
been
collected
together
in
recent
years,
many
curious
plant
superstitions
are
introduced,
although,
to
suit
the
surroundings
of
the
story,
they
have
only
too
frequently
been
modified,
or
the
reverse.
At
the
same
time,
embellishments
of
the
kind
are
interesting,
as
showing
how
familiar
these
traditionary
beliefs
were
in
olden
times
to
the
story-teller,
and
how
ready
he
was
to
avail
himself
of
them.
Footnotes:
1.
See
Baring-Gerald's
"Curious
Myths
of
the
Middle
Ages."
2.
Ingram's
"Florica
Symbolica,"
p.
326.
3.
Stewart's
"Popular
Superstitions
of
the
Highlanders."
4.
See
Ellacombe's
"Plant-lore
of
Shakespeare,"
p.
319.
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