LL-L "Traditions" 2008.01.26 (06) [E]

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From: Marsha Wilson <marshatrue at mtangel.net>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2008.01.26 (05) [E]

I found this upon googling, which I found rather strange.  We didn't rub the
flower under the chin, just held it close enough for it to reflect:

museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/buttcup1.htm

*Buttercups* are familiar wildflowers, favouring open, waste ground and
acidic soils throughout Nova Scotia, not to mention the middle of the back
lawn, where the neighbour's cat goes to pee... Their irritant qualities are
probably the basis of the children's game in which one child presses a
buttercup to the sensitive skin just below the chin, "to see if you like
butter". The slight redness caused by such casual contact is supposed, in
the game, to indicate a butter lover. Prolonged contact can have more
uncomfortable results [see below].

Marsha Wilson

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From: Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2008.01.26 (03) [E]

This tradition was mentioned in the "Peanuts" comic strip back in the 1960s.
Charles Schulz grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and his parents were of
German and Norwegian ancestry.

Also, I thought you were supposed to rub the buttercup on someone's chin,
and if their chin turned yellow it meant that you liked butter.

Kevin Caldwell

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