St. Barnabas
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On dipping into Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer’s book The Folk-lore of Plants I came upon the following:- “….Certain flowers, such as the rose, lavender, woodruff, and box were formerly in request for decking churches on St. Barnabas‘ Day (June 11) the officiating clergy having worn wreaths of roses. Among the allusions to the usage may…
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Which flower was designated for Richard’s birthday? And which saint was for that flower….?
Anne Neville, Cecily Neville, Cilcated passion flower, cuckoo pint, double daisy, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, flowers, George Duke of Clarence, great water moss, guardian angels, hairy silphium, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, John Earl of Lincoln, Margaret of Salisbury, mushroom, ox-eye daisy, peach, poetic narcissus, red primrose, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, royal saints, Saint Invention of the Cross, soapwort, St. Barnabas, St. Blaise, St. Cecilia, St. Didymus, St. Eusebius, St. Lawrence Justinian, St. Manus, St. Marcian, St. Margaret of Hungary, St. Matthew, St. Theodora, St. Ursula, St. Walburg, toadflax, winter cherry, wood sorrel, zinniaLurking among the many books around my home is a little booklet called A Calendar of Flowers and Their Saints, subtitled“A Flower for Every Day. A Saint for Every Flower.” It has no publication date, but is stamped Writers Service Bureau, London W.C. 1. Its pages are brown at the edges, there’s a teacup stain…
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