Flowers?

[Michaela Fisnar]

On Fri, 17 Feb 1995, Jerry Ervin wrote:

> Has anyone else ever heard of the custom of ensuring that, when taking
> flowers on visiting a Russian home, one should take an _odd_ number
> of flowers for good luck?  (Some Russians I've talked to swear they've
> never heard of it; but others are equally sure it's
> quite common. What's the collective experience of SEELANGers?)

        Jerry, I don't know if the odd number has anything to do with
good luck or not, but I know that in Europe no one ever gives an even
number of flowers. It has to do (at least in part) with the arrangement
of the flowers in a vase. Imagine how four flowers look: symmetrical.
It's not a very romantic sight.
        But beside this rather subjective reason
their might be other explanations.

Regards,
Michaela Fisnar

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