Flowers

[Alexandra Sosnowski]

In Poland traditionally one used to bring an odd number of flowers, especially
if the number of flowers was small, i.e. one or three rather than two.
However, today more and more people bring even number of flowers, for example,
four, six and more.  As to colour, there is also some inconsistency.  White
means both purity and death.  You can give white flowers to a virgin and you
also bring white flowers on Nov. 1 to the graves of your loved ones.  Red
flowers by and large suggest love while yellow infidelity.

Alexandra Sosnowski
University of Manitoba