Columbine
Daisies
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Ferns
The Magic of Fairies I believe in fairies and angels. I believe in nature's spirit, that there are other realms . . .
Julia Sawalha |
Day Lilies
Cowslips
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Cicely Mary Barker's Columbine Flower Fairy
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Who shall the chosen fairy be
For letter C? There’s Candytuft, and Cornflower blue, Campanula and Crocus too, Chrysanthemum so bold and fine, And pretty dancing Columbine. Yes, Columbine! The choice is she; And with her, see, An elfin piper, piping sweet A little tune for those light feet. That dance among the leaves and flowers In someone’s garden. (Is it ours?) |
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Columbine is often associated with flower or garden fairies, likely due to Cicely Mary Barker's portrayal of the Columbine Fairy for the letter C in her infamous collection of flower fairies.
The ancient Celts believed columbine opened the doorway between spheres creating passage between the earthly and mystical realms. Both Norse and Greek mythology associated columbine with the goddess of love and fertility. |
Ferns have long been associated with magic and fairies dating back to the ancient Celts.
In fact, according to legend many believed the fern actually produced a flower during the summer solstice, but it only lasted for a short time, as it bloomed at the stroke of midnight and disappeared before dawn. |
Some sources claim the flower was red like a flame, while others claim it was blue. In England during the Middle Ages, it was believed that you could capture a fern seed by stacking 12 pewter plates under the cluster of ferns.
At midnight, when a brilliant blue bloom opened, it released a solitary golden seed. According to legend, the golden seed would fall and filter through the first 11 plates and come to rest upon the 12th. Possessing a fern seed supposedly made the holder of the seed invisible. |
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Foxglove’s connection to fairies can be seen in its variety of common names. These include Fairy Petticoats, Fairy Fingers, Fairy Bells, Fairy Thimbles, Fairy Gloves, Fairy caps, Fairy Herb, and Fairy Weed.
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