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This book is a dictionary of British (native, naturalised
and cultivated) plants and the folklore associated with
them. Unlike many plant-lore publications Vickery's
Folk Flora tells us what people currently do and
believe, rather than what Victorians did and believed.
The result is a vivid demonstration that plant folklore
in the British Isles is not only surviving but flourishing;
adapting and evolving as time goes by, even in urban
areas.Each entry includes:- The plant's English and
scientific (Latin) name, as well as significant local
names.- A brief description of the plant and its
distribution, and, in the case of cultivated plants, a
history of their introduction to the British Isles-
Information on the folklore and traditional uses of the
plant, arranged where possible in a sequence starting
with general folk beliefs (superstitions), use in
traditional customs, use in folk medicine, other uses,
and legends concerning individual representatives of
the plant.In addition to the