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Every rose tells a story.... People have been passionate about roses since the beginning of time. In fact, it is said that...

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lishy

8 Sep, 2010
Lishy

Story behind the Hyacinth

And no its got nothing to do with buckets...... Hyancinth was a warrior of Sparta... beautiful and strong and much loved...

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lishy

8 Sep, 2010
Lishy

Story of the Narcissus

Narcissus was an exceptionally attractive young man who scorned the advances of those who fell in love with him, including...

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lishy

7 Sep, 2010
Lishy

Story behind the Sunflower

Another Greek Myth, but one I like so here goes... As we all well know a sunflower will follow the suns journey each day,...

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lishy

5 Sep, 2010
Lishy

A story behind the Anemone

In Greek Mythology the Anemone was also known as the windflower. The story goes.... Adonis was one of the most beauiful men...

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lishy

5 Sep, 2010
Lishy

story behind the lilly

Well everyone must know the story of Hercules... well In Ancient Roman times they believed that the Lily was the symbol of...

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lishy

4 Sep, 2010
Lishy

A story behind bleeding heart flowers

Long ago there lived a noble prince who tried in vain to win the heart of a very beautiful princess. The prince had brought...

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lishy

3 Sep, 2010
Lishy

Tell Me a Story - Part 12 - Lady's Slipper

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A Ojibwa Legend A certain village was visited by a dreaded disease. Even the medicine man died; and with his death all hope...

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healerwitch

25 May, 2010
Healerwitch

Tell Me a Story – Part 11 - Legend of the Violet

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An Iroquois Legend Many Moons before the white man came to the land of the Red Indian, there lived a young warrior who was...

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healerwitch

19 May, 2010
Healerwitch

Tell Me A Story - Part 10 - Legend of the Mountain Ash Berries

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A Ojibwa Legend In late autumn or winter one will see an entirely different kind of tree dotted here and there among the...

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healerwitch

8 May, 2010
Healerwitch

Snowdrops - for Amblealice!

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I just love them so much, and adding a "wee extra" blog right now, for Alice's "Folklore of plants" page on GOYpedia. A...

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david

22 Jan, 2010
David

Tell Me A Story - Part 8 - The Origin of Game and of Corn

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A Cherokee Tale Long ages ago, soon after the world was made, Kenati, a Cherokee Indian hunter and his wife Selu, lived on...

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healerwitch

20 Jan, 2010
Healerwitch

Tell Me A Story - Part 7 - The Legend of the Corn Beads

Another plant story concerns the tears of the people. This time it concerns a plant called the medicine bead or corn bead...

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healerwitch

13 Jan, 2010
Healerwitch

Tell Me A STory - Part 6 - The Legend of the Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata)

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In the latter half of 1838, Cherokee People who had not voluntarily moved west earlier were forced to leave their homes in...

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healerwitch

5 Jan, 2010
Healerwitch

Tell Me A Story - Part 5 - The Legend of The Cedar Tree

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A long time ago when the Cherokee people were new upon the earth, they thought that life would be much better if there was...

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healerwitch

23 Dec, 2009
Healerwitch

Tell Me A Story - Part4 - How They Brought Back Tobacco

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In the beginning of the world, when people and animals were all the same, there was only one tobacco plant, to which they...

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healerwitch

22 Dec, 2009
Healerwitch

Tell Me A Story - part 3 - Origin Of The Pleiades And The Pine

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Origin Of The Pleiades And The Pine Long ago, when the world was new, there were seven boys who used to spend all their time...

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healerwitch

18 Dec, 2009
Healerwitch

Tell Me A Story - Part 2 - Origin of Strawberries

A Cherokee myth When the first man was created and a mate was given to him, they lived together very happily for a time,...

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healerwitch

13 Dec, 2009
Healerwitch

Conium maculatum

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Also known as; Poison Hemlock; Woomlicks beaver poison. Poison Parsley; Badman's Oatmeal;...

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amblealice

27 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Campanula rapunculus

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Also known as: Rampion; Creeping Bellflower Plant folklore: Possession of rampion promotes quarrels between children. ...

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amblealice

27 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Lolium temulentum

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Also known as: Darnel; Bearded Darnel; Cheat; Tare; Cockle. Plant folklore: Believed to be the "tares" referred...

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amblealice

27 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Cimicifuga racemosa

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Also known as: Black Cohosh; Snakeroot; Black Bugbane; Squaw Root Plant folklore: Used by Native Americans to...

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amblealice

27 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Aquilegia atrata

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Also known as: Columbine; Lion's herb; Lady's shoes Plant folklore: Eaten by lions, hence rubbing it on your hands...

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amblealice

27 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Helleborus niger

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Also known as: Christmas rose; Setterwort; Settergrass Bear's Foot. Plant folklore:...

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amblealice

27 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Clematis vitalba

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Also known as: Old man's beard; Traveller's joy; Virgin's bower; Ladies' bower. Traveller's...

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amblealice

27 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Hippophae rhamnoides

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Also known as: Sea buckthorn; Common seabuckthorn; Sandthorn, Swallow-thorn Plant folklore: ...

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amblealice

27 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Calendula

Calendula

Also known as: Marigold (from Mary's Gold); Pot Marigold; Plant folklore: Symbolises joy and devotion; heals wounds;...

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amblealice

27 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Tell me a story - Part 1 - The Origin of Disease and Medicine

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It has been a cold and crisp day here. The trees are turning colors, I expect them to be losing color soon. I really need...

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healerwitch

26 Nov, 2009
Healerwitch

Garlic

Garlic

Also known as Russian Penicillin Plant Folklore: Carried by Odysseus to prevent him from being turned into a pig. Deified...

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amblealice

25 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Euonymous europaeus

Spindle_tree

Also known as: Spindle tree; Prick timber; Prickwood; Spindleberry Plant folklore: Name means "of good repute". Wood...

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amblealice

25 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Catha edulis

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Also known as: Khat; Qat. Abyssinian tea..plus about 20 more which I won't bore you with!! Plant folklore: Sacred...

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amblealice

25 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Datura meteloides

Datura

Also known as: Angel's trumpet; Sacred datura; Indian apple; Thorn apple Plant folklore:...

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amblealice

23 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Veratrum album

Veratrum

Also known as: White hellebore; Sneezewort Plant folklore; A remedy made from the roots before flowering occurs will...

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amblealice

23 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Urtica dioica

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Also known as: Common nettle; Stinging nettle; The Naughty Man's Plaything. Plant folklore:...

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amblealice

23 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Rosemarinus officinalis

Rosemary

Also known as: Rosemary Plant folklore: Sprigs of rosemary were considered a love charm, a sign of remembrance...

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amblealice

23 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Ricinus communis

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Also known as: Castor bean plant; Hand of Christ (Palma Christi) Plant folklore; First known use of castor...

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amblealice

23 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Ranunculus acris

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Also known as: Meadow buttercup; Double buttercup Plant folklore: Said to give a brighter yellow colour to...

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amblealice

22 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Mentha pulegium

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Also known as: Pennyroyal; Lurk in the Ditch; Mosquito Plant; Tickweed Plant folklore: Eases flatulence and...

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amblealice

22 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Mandragora

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Also known as: Atropa Mandragora; Mandrake; Satan's apple Plant folklore: Used in ancient Greece as an anaesthetic...

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amblealice

22 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Lactuca serriola

Lactuca_serriola

Also known as: Prickly lettuce; Compass plant;Sometimes called wild opium. Plant folklore: Leaves used to make...

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amblealice

22 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Angelica archangelica

Angelica

Also known as: Dong Quai; Root of the Holy Ghost Plant folklore: The plant was originally revealed by an angel...

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amblealice

22 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Juniperus

Juniperus_prostrata

Also known as: Common juniper; fairy circle; hackmatack; horse savin; Plant folklore: Used by Great Basin Indians...

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amblealice

22 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Hyoscyamus niger

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Also known as: Henbane; Black henbane; Hog's-bean; Jupiter's bean; Symphonica; Cassilata;...

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amblealice

21 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Laburnum anagyroides

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Also known as; Common laburnum; Golden chain. Plant folklore: Dreaming of this tree in bloom...

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amblealice

21 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Lamium orvala

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Also known as: White deadnettle; Giant deadnettle Balm leaved Archangel Plant...

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amblealice

21 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Nerium oleander (white)

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Also known as: Oleander; Rose bay; Common oleander Rose laurel. Plant...

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amblealice

21 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Papaver somniferum

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Also known as; Opium poppy Plant folklore; Present in settlements throughout Europe ...

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amblealice

21 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Aconitum lamarckii

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Also known as: Lamarck's wolfsbane; Northern wolfsbane Yellow wolfsbane;...

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amblealice

20 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Aconitum napellus

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Also known as: Monkshood; Woolfsbane Plant folklore: It was used to poison enemy water supplies during...

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amblealice

20 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Ilex aquifolium

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Also known as: Holly; Helver; Holm; Aunt Mary;s Tree Poisonberry, Christmas Tree,...

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amblealice

20 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Camellia sinensis

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Also known as: Tea Plant folklore: Discovered in China over 4,000 years ago when the Emperor...

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amblealice

20 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Malus "John Downie"

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Also known as: Crab apple Plant folklore: Fruit associated with finding love. Modern apple varieties...

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amblealice

20 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Pulsatilla vulgaris

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Also known as: The Pasque flower; wind flower; praire anemone meadow anemone;Passe flower;Easter...

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amblealice

20 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Folklore of Plants - New GoYpedia Category

There are lots of enthralling tales from history, legend and mythology to illustrate the power of plants. I will not lay...

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amblealice

20 Nov, 2009
Amblealice

Atropa Belladonna (solanaceae)

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Also known as: Deadly Nightshade Factual Inf: Has light green leaves and purplish flowers that give way to highly...

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amblealice

20 Nov, 2009
Amblealice