on the head mound
just one rosary-
hydrangeas
首塚にロザリオひとつ額の花
-Kashiwabara Min-u (柏原眠雨).
In hanakotoba (花言葉), the Japanese language of flowers, hydrangeas carry the meaning of 'patience' and 'cool-headedness', but this was not always the case.
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📖SYMBOLISM🤔
In the language of flowers, 'hanakotoba' (花言葉), azaleas represent patience and modesty.
While this seems odd given their fantastic colours, even in maturity they do not grow to any great height, and for most of the year they remain leafy but plain.
In 'hanakotoba' (花言葉), the language of flowers, dogwood symbolises love undiminished by adversity, and durability.
The flowers also represent friendship and reciprocity thanks to an exchange of trees between Japan and the US to promote closer ties🤝
Ribes sanguineum, or flowering currant.
People believed it was bad luck to bring this beautiful plant indoors.
In the Victorian language of flowers, currant meant 'Thy frown will kill me'.
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The language of flowers
https://yvonneaburrow.substack.com/p/the-language-of-flowers?sd=pf
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Back in the day, people would send bouquets fraught with meaning. You could buy little handbooks with lists of the language of flowers, so you could anxiously decipher the bouquet sent to you. You’d better hope that you and the sender were using the same system, because some of these meanings are different than the ones on other lists… Thank goodness we have emojis nowadays!
Croci coming up in Newcastle!
In the Victorian language of flowers, the crocus meant gladness and cheerfulness. White croci represented truth, innocence and purity. The purple variety implied success, pride and dignity. The yellow type meant joy.
There's an episode of Fabulous Folklore dedicated to the crocus!
https://pod.co/fabulous-folklore-with-icy/spring-has-sprung-origin-myths-and-crocus-folklore
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The humble crocus pops up every spring. But where does mythology say it came from? Find out more about its origins and folklore in this week's episode! Check out the images and text-based version at http://www.icysedgwick.com/crocus-folklore Tweet Icy at https://twitter.com/IcySedgwick Become a Patron for $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Buy Icy a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick
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