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Updated: March 1, 2026

See Keightley's "Fairy Mythology," p. 173. Thorpe's "Northern Mythology," i. 251-3. Plants have always been largely used for testing the fidelity of lovers, and at the present day are still extensively employed for this purpose by the rustic maiden.

T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer - The Folk-lore of Plants