Posts Tagged ‘Flower customs’
Coutumes Francaises de Fleur
- Le 14 février : La St Valentin: période dite “des amoureux†pendant laquelle il est d’usage d’offrir des fleurs a sa compagne (des roses rouges généralement).
- Le dimanche ...
Odds on favourite!
Here are some more flower customs and superstitions that it could be useful to know about.
Let’s get down to numbers. In some countries it is customary to give an ...
Floral traditions: May Day
The first day of the month of May is known as May Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins and flowers and trees start to blossom. ...
Floral Traditions – The language of flowers
In Victorian times the sending of coded love messages became a popular craze. The advantage was that you could flirt without there being any incriminating evidence.
In 1884 a whole book ...
Floral traditions – wedding flowers
Flowers have always been used for decoration at weddings.
Some people choose the flowers at the wedding on the basis of their symbolic meaning. For example orange blossom has always been ...
Floral traditions – well dressing
In certain parts of England there is a centuries old floral tradition of well dressing.
Well dressing almost certainly dates back to pagan times, when sacrifices were made to water gods ...
