Oxford Dictionary of Plant-Lore (Oxford Paperback Reference)

By Roy Vickery

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192800531
• ISBN13: 9780192800534
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 0.9" x 5.1"