Garlands, Conkers and Mother-die : British and Irish Plant-lore.
Plants have had symbolic as well as practical meanings and uses since the beginning of human civilisation. This vivid account introduces readers to a rich variety of British and Irish plant folklore, drawing on Roy Vickery's own unsurpassed archives collated over forty years, and a wide range o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,
2010.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780826444189 0826444180 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Plants have had symbolic as well as practical meanings and uses since the beginning of human civilisation. This vivid account introduces readers to a rich variety of British and Irish plant folklore, drawing on Roy Vickery's own unsurpassed archives collated over forty years, and a wide range of historical and contemporary literature. Unlike other books which re-use material collected in the Victorian era, this book is based on new material collected by the author, and shows that while some of the wilder superstitions have faded we still cling to the symbolic importance of plants. Putting conk. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (245 pages) |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |