A dictionary of plant-lore
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書誌事項
A dictionary of plant-lore
（Oxford paperback reference）
Oxford University Press, 1997
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Plant-lore
Oxford dictionary of plant-lore
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注記
"First published 1995 by Oxford University Press. First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1997"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-430) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Offering a vivid and colourful account of British and Irish plant-lore, this dictionary answers questions such as why the Welsh wear a daffodil on St David's Day and the Irish a shamrock for St Patrick, and why 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 covers them all. It also includes: superstitions and herbal remedies; folksong and children's games; and folk-names in use today never previously recorded.
目次
- Plant-lore studies in the British Isles
- notes for the reader
- the dictionary
- index of scientific names.
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