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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Love
and
marriage
are,
as
might
be
expected,
well
represented
in
the
dream-flora;
a
circumstance,
indeed,
which
has
not
failed
to
impress
the
young
at
all
times.
Thus,
foremost
amongst
the
flowers
which
indicate
success
in
love
is
the
rose,
a
fact
which
is
not
surprising
when
it
is
remembered
how
largely
this
favourite
of
our
gardens
enters
into
love-divinations.
Then
there
is
the
clover,
to
dream
of
which
foretells
not
only
a
happy
marriage,
but
one
productive
of
wealth
and
prosperity.
In
this
case,
too,
it
must
be
remembered
the
clover
has
long
been
reckoned
as
a
mystic
plant,
having
in
most
European
countries
been
much
employed
for
the
purposes
of
divination.
Of
further
plants
credited
as
auguring
well
for
love
affairs
are
the
raspberry,
pomegranate,
cucumber,
currant,
and
box;
but
the
walnut
implies
unfaithfulness,
and
the
act
of
cutting
parsley
is
an
omen
that
the
person
so
occupied
will
sooner
or
later
be
crossed
in
love.
This
ill-luck
attached
to
parsley
is
in
some
measure
explained
from
the
fact
that
in
many
respects
it
is
an
unlucky
plant.
It
is
a
belief,
as
we
have
noticed
elsewhere,
widely
spread
in
Devonshire,
that
to
transplant
parsley
is
to
commit
a
serious
offence
against
the
guardian
genius
who
presides
over
parsley-beds,
certain
to
be
punished
either
on
the
offender
himself
or
some
member
of
his
family
within
the
course
of
the
year.
Once
more
"to
dream
of
cutting
cabbage,"
writes
Mr.
Folkard,[5]
"Denotes
jealousy
on
the
part
of
wife,
husband,
or
lover,
as
the
case
may
be.
To
dream
of
any
one
else
cutting
them
portends
an
attempt
by
some
person
to
create
jealousy
in
the
loved
one's
mind.
To
dream
of
eating
cabbages
implies
sickness
to
loved
ones
and
loss
of
money."
The
bramble,
an
important
plant
in
folk-lore,
is
partly
unlucky,
and,
"To
dream
of
passing
through
places
covered
with
brambles
portends
troubles;
if
they
prick
you,
secret
enemies
will
do
you
an
injury
with
your
friends;
if
they
draw
blood,
expect
heavy
losses
in
trade."
But
to
dream
of
passing
through
brambles
unhurt
denotes
a
triumph
over
enemies.
To
dream
of
being
pricked
with
briars,
says
the
"Royal
Dream
Book,"[6]
"shows
that
the
person
dreaming
has
an
ardent
desire
to
something,
and
that
young
folks
dreaming
thus
are
in
love,
who
prick
themselves
in
striving
to
gather
their
rose."
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