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Vickery's Folk Flora

This book is a dictionary of British plants and their folklore. It demonstrates that plant folklore in the British Isles is thriving, adapting, and evolving, even in urban areas.

Each entry includes:

- The plant’s English, scientific, and local names.

- A brief description and distribution of the plant, and a history of its introduction to the British Isles (for cultivated plants).

- Information on the folklore and traditional uses of the plant, arranged in a sequence starting with general beliefs, customs, medicine, other uses, and legends about individual representatives.

  • $40.00
    • 912 pages (28 oz)
    • 6.2" x 9.4" x 2.3"
    • ISBN 9781474604628
    • Publisher: W&N

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