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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: R.F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Traditions</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thanks for asking about traditions involving </font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_of_the_Valley"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">lilies of the valley (<em>Convallaria majalis</em>)</font></a><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, Roger.</font></font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When I was a youngster in Northern Germany, this beautiful and fragrant flower was seen as a symbol for high spring (in May), spiritually as a symbol for coming of age.</font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It was customary for Lutheran teenagers (15~16) to hold or wear sprigs of these flowers on their religious confirmation day. Typically, girls would drape them over psalm books of Bibles they were holding, and boys would have such sprigs affixed to the lapels of their (typically first) suits.</font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font> </div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For all I know, this tradition may still be alive, at least in some areas.</font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><em><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Convallaria majalis</font></em></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">English: Lily of the valley<br>Frisian (W): </font><span dir="auto"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em>Maaieklokje</em><br>Frisian (E): <em>Pingsterbloume, Kuutitte, Moaiklokje</em></font></span></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Low Saxon: <em>Maiklocken, Leerken, Lierk(en), Lilg, Lilgenkonfal(g), Lilgenkunfal(g), Lill, Lily, Maibloom, Maibummel, </em></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<em><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Maienlill, Marienklocken, Ogenkruut, Schillerlilg</font></em><a href="http://baseportal.de/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/BlumenEvers/main" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://baseportal.de/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/BlumenEvers/main" rel="nofollow"></a></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Limburgish: <span dir="auto"><em>Meizäödsje</em></span></font></div><span dir="auto"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dutch: <em>Lelietje-van-dalen, Meiklokje</em></font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">German: <em>Maiglöckchen</em><br>Danish: <em>Liljekonval</em> <br>Norwegian: <em>Liljekonvall</em><br>Swedish: <em>Liljekonvalj</em></font></div></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Estonian: <em>M<span>aikelluke</span></em></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>Seattle, USA</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div></div></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center">
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