Oxford Dictionary of Plant-Lore (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Why do the Welsh wear a daffodil on St. David's Day and the Irish a shamrock for St. Patrick? Why do 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 is a vivid and colorful account of British and Irish plant-lore.
• Superstitions and herbal remedies, to folk song and children's games
• Folk-names in use today never previously recorded
Keywords
Plants--Folklore, Plants--Folklore--Dictionaries, Ethnobotany, Ethnobotany--Great Britain--Dictionaries, Ethnobotany--Ireland--Dictionaries, Plants--Dictionaries, Plants--Folklore--Dictionaries--Great Britain, Plants--Folklore--Dictionaries--Ireland, Plants, Plants--Great Britain--Folklore, Plants--Ireland--Folklore, GR780 .V53 1997, 398.24/2/03
Plants--Folklore, Plants--Folklore--Dictionaries, Ethnobotany, Ethnobotany--Great Britain--Dictionaries, Ethnobotany--Ireland--Dictionaries, Plants--Dictionaries, Plants--Folklore--Dictionaries--Great Britain, Plants--Folklore--Dictionaries--Ireland, Plants, Plants--Great Britain--Folklore, Plants--Ireland--Folklore, GR780 .V53 1997, 398.24/2/03
| Name in long format: | Oxford Dictionary of Plant-Lore (Oxford Paperback Reference) |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192800531 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780192800534 |
| Book pages: | 464 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Dimensions: | Height: 7.69 Inches, Length: 5.06 Inches, Weight: 0.69666074792 Pounds, Width: 0.939 Inches |
