Flower Lore
Fascinating folktales and myths involving flowers.
Learn all about the origin, legends, and lore of the daffodil, the official flower for March.
Violets are edible, and are often used to decorate salads, or sprinkled over fish or poultry. They are also often candied in sugar and eaten on their own or used to decorate pastries, or distilled into a sweet syrup used to make violet-flavored treats or liqueurs.
Learn more about January’s official flower, the carnation.
Learn more about the official flower of November, the chrysanthemum.
Learn about the history and lore surrounding October’s birth flower, calendula.
Septembers flower is the aster. Learn more about this hardy fall bloomer!
Learn all about the history and folklore attached to the gladiolus, August’s official flower.
Learn about the folklore and legends behind larkspur, July’s official birth flower.
Helpful Hint…
Setting up or taking down the Christmas tree can leave your hands sticky with sap. Remove it quickly and easily with a few squirts of liquid hand sanitizer. The alcohol dissolves the sap. Toothpaste (the paste kind) also works. Just work in a dab until the sap is gone, then wash hands as usual.
If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1919, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.
