tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327290007240720876.post3519792336892209325..comments2023-10-08T07:15:15.035-07:00Comments on Claire Gay: Free wild flowersCLAIRE GAYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06954194771699887408noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327290007240720876.post-676847778403535432013-08-19T09:31:41.670-07:002013-08-19T09:31:41.670-07:00Ah, yes, lilac.... only these aren't!! Lilac f...Ah, yes, lilac.... only these aren't!! Lilac flowers are carried upright on a tree/shrub with heart-shaped leaves (and are long over by this time of summer!); what you have there is Buddleia or Buddleja davidii. Still utterly beautiful though! (I have a white one in my garden that has been a magnet for butterflies this summer!)Old Kitchen Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357739313567392970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327290007240720876.post-88660566970335478802012-09-29T15:20:00.399-07:002012-09-29T15:20:00.399-07:00love you comment BUT with old wives takes, i got t...love you comment BUT with old wives takes, i got to a point with Magpies when i was saluting 3 time, rubbing my nose, turning around and saying 'hello Mr Magpie, how are you today'... kinda got too much, living in the country and seeing Magpies in every field, i gave up on 'old wives tales'! xCLAIRE GAYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954194771699887408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327290007240720876.post-28450525920234478262012-09-29T02:45:19.882-07:002012-09-29T02:45:19.882-07:00Just had a little google and apparently Lilac was ...Just had a little google and apparently Lilac was used to line coffins in days gone by, to mask the scent of death, therefore making it unlucky.... sorry to bring gloom to your blog! I still love the smell though xxxChampyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076415616714096684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327290007240720876.post-92124540300636924312012-09-29T02:40:40.295-07:002012-09-29T02:40:40.295-07:00I adore Lilac, its one of my favourite scents, but...I adore Lilac, its one of my favourite scents, but did you know the old wives take about it? Apparently having lilac indoors, is bad luck! Dont know why, there was no explanation in my book "Lost countryside wisdom" I think it is one of those old wives tales, I would love to know why though! I pick it and pop it in vases and milk bottles and have it around my porch! That way I get to smell it, and so do my visitors, but it isnt really inside, so I get good luck too lol! Love your blog xxxxxChampyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076415616714096684noreply@blogger.com