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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"As
peascod
once
I
pluck'd,
I
chanced
to
see
One
that
was
closely
fill'd
with
three
times
three,
Which,
when
I
cropp'd,
I
safely
home
couvey'd,
And
o'er
the
door
the
spell
in
secret
laid.
The
latch
mov'd
up,
when
who
should
first
come
in,
But,
in
his
proper
person,
Lublerkin."
On
the
other
hand,
it
was
customary
in
the
North
of
England
to
rub
a
young
woman
with
pease-straw
should
her
lover
prove
unfaithful:
"If
you
meet
a
bonnie
lassie,
Gie
her
a
kiss
and
let
her
gae;
If
you
meet
a
dirty
hussey,
Fie,
gae
rub
her
o'er
wi'
strae!"
From
an
old
Spanish
proverb
it
would
seem
that
the
rosemary
has
long
been
considered
as
in
some
way
connected
with
love:
"Who
passeth
by
the
rosemarie
And
careth
not
to
take
a
spraye,
For
woman's
love
no
care
has
he,
Nor
shall
he
though
he
live
for
aye."
Of
flowers
and
plants
employed
as
love-charms
on
certain
festivals
may
be
noticed
the
bay,
rosebud,
and
the
hempseed
on
St.
Valentine's
Day,
nuts
on
St.
Mark's
Eve,
and
the
St.
John's
wort
on
Midsummer
Eve.
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