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A Dictionary of Plant-Lore (Oxford Paperback Reference)

A Dictionary of Plant-Lore (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by RoyVickery (Author)

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    Paperback 1997

    $3.40
Synopsis

Offering a vivid and colourful account of British and Irish plant-lore, this dictionary answers questions such as why the Welsh wear a daffodil on St David's Day and the Irish a shamrock for St Patrick, and why we send flowers to weddings and funerals or kiss under the mistletoe? From elderflower tea ( a universal panacea ) to lesser yellow trefoil (the true shamrock), from corn dollies and crop circles to plants which forecast the weather (pennywort and scarlet pimpernel), this dictionary covers them all. It also includes: superstitions and herbal remedies; folksong and children's games; and folk-names in use today never previously recorded.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 458
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 01 Mar 1997
ISBN 10: 0192800531
ISBN 13: 9780192800534
Book Overview: Joint second runner-up - the Katherine Briggs Folklore Award 1995

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Author Bio

Roy Vickery has worked at the Natural History Museum in London, where he is Curator of Flowering Plants, since 1965. He has written extensively on the folklore of plants and is an active member of a number of societies, including the Botanical Society of the British Isles, and the Society for Folklife Studies. He was Honorary Secretary of the Folklore Society from 1980 to 1989.