An old folk custom for determining when or if a wedding would take place was to pluck the petals from a common daisy (Bellis perennis) one by one while repeating the chant, “This year, next year, sometime, never”. The last remaining petal held the answer! #folklore#wildflowers
Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria, was once used to flavour mead, the ancient honey wine. Mead infused with herbs was called “metheglin”, from Welsh words meaning “healing drink”; a fitting name for a beverage flavoured with a plant long valued as a healing herb. #FolkloreSunday
82 years ago, 14,000 Canadians landed on Juno Beach, many of whom would never come home.
On the anniversary of D-Day, we pause to honour those who served and sacrificed. We remember that our rights, our freedoms, and our way of life were fought for and were won by those who answered the call.