Category: SCOTLAND
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THISTLE
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Thistle Lisa Karen Miller We never know what history is lurking inside those plants we consider weeds. Take, for example, the humble thistle. The thistle is the national flower of Scotland. It first appeared on silver coins issued by James III in 1470. …
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OATS
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Oats Lisa Karen Miller “As for my interminable journey to the land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulphur [Scotland]… no Prime Minister made greater sacrifice than attempting to run the country six hundred miles north of civilization.” Benjamin Disraeli, Mrs. Brown Mr. Disraeli had the…
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HEATHER
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Heather Lisa Karen Miller “Will ye go, lassie, go? And we’ll all go together To pluck wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather Will ye go, lassie, go?” Robert Tannahill, “Wild Mountain Thyme” Anyone who has heard this lively Scottish tune knows it immediately…
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