Flowers?

[Gene Shennikov]

You 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?)
>
>Thanks
>
>--Jerry Ervin
>Ohio State Universit (emeritus)
>
>

It is very common believe in Russia that even number of flowes in the
bouquet is for sad events as funerals, and odd is any other normal
occasion.


Gene Shennikov