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L O W L A N D S - L  -  28 January 2008 - Volume 03
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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2008.01.25 (05) [E]

From: Marsha Wilson <marshatrue at mtangel.net>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2008.01.25 (02) [E]

We did that in our family in Los Angeles in the 1940's, using dandelions, as
we had no buttercups.  I suppose we brought it from Appalachia in the 20's.
I've never heard anyone else mention it until now.
Marsha Wilson

From: Tom Mc Rae <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2008.01.24 (07) [E]

In Scotland young children played a game in which one kid would pick a
butter cup,
say "Lit me see whither Ye like buh/ur" as he held it below the other's
chin.
The yellow reflection confirmed they did.
Wonder if they do this nowadays ? We had simple pleasures in the 1940's.

We did that in Leicestershire in the 50s, and New Zealand (where the
buttercup is introduced) in the 60s.

Paul Finlow-Bates

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Remembrance" 2008.01.27 (09) [E]

From: foga0301 at stcloudstate.edu
Subject: LL-L "Remembrance" 2008.01.26 (08) [E]
How long do ravens live?
.........remembering buttercups becomes a way to resisting the absence of
gentleness in our world. Not sure about the redness that comes from touching
such flowers. I'll ask my botanist (expert) friend.

Gael Fonken

A variety of buttercup was known to the Anglo-Saxons as "Spearwort".
Supposedly it had magical properties including the gift of foretelling, in
the right hands. Maybe the childs game is in part a memory of this?

Paul Finlow-Bates

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