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hotll•·s on ·• !11 f11C ur, l.ty thr·m out for a
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Jtttlt .dwut tiH ltft>·storv, histor~, and pcrsonalitv
TUb L \~1>5\\ O~f.\~
(inrdcn Talks.
of tiH'
l'oppy.
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Ev< ryonr• know.., tJti.., brilliant tlov.er that spark!Ps
, 111 ul tlw ga r (•n fif'tcl ... (,f thr· old world, '"lwr, it i"
rrg-.tred and of ~ vil
feu lis <"<>lour hmt-. at blood. It became th.-
,..: 111 1 10 1 of cl~ :'lth whf'n tlw "on of Tarq.uiniu,; "ur.~~:·r·
bu~ .1-.l\< d hm1 \\h:\t s_h_ould .hi' donP w1th thP peoplr-
1,f a c onquf'.rNl clly
I arqutn made no verbal reply,
hut g-omg 1nlo the· g<~rdPn he slac;hed at th~> hf'arls
\)f tlw
lnrgt><;t poppif'<; therdn commendiog th~
lll•''':'l( 1 e of the b,.sl and mo<>t influential citY"nc;.
\\'hen Pcrsephonc was stof,·n bv Pluto, her mothf'r
CPn ... , b('gan a search for hf'r that 1Nl throurrh ali
..., 1 I\. dimbing 1Etna
to lig-ht torch".., tha7 ..,}w
l'n·
11 1 hht keep on her journf>y throug-h the night.
,1ble to rC:c;tore hPr child, thf' god.;; eau--~ poppi,..,
to .;prin~ about her fcf't, and. cur ous as to th('ir
nH'<~ning, ... he knelt to look at them cloc;Ply. <;h~
1nh tlrd thdr bitter, drowsy brf'ath, and put the
,f'l-ds into hN mouth, and presentlv the plant bP-
-.td upon her that t"('5t which hl'r poor w• arv
hod\ nc((IPd.
Poppie;; are offPrt'd to th,. d ad,
tlH rf'fon with a lint' •wmboli'm sine(' the,· ... ignify
,Jpc·p.
'I hr Sn'\Oil name> for the plant-pap;g -io:
..,,.id to h:wc n•fNenC'e to the mixing of it-. -;eeds
with pnp admini-.tc·rl'd to c-hildren, in ord('r to makr>
tlwm <.l1~p; and ac; opium ic; ) i<'lded by the flower
wP hm c- tlw origi n of tho..;,. soothing .;;yrup:-. that
arP <.till adminic::tE"n'd to the helpless. Growing a;;
it <.lid in lh<' corn, it was dedkated to Ceres b' the
an( •('nh, who pr pktun" with wheat enrs
,mci poppir-; in her hair.
On(' of it.;; auN'r namf'.;;, " C-rachin ~ R osc." recalls
a prart ire- of c::triking a poppv petal bPtwe£>n the
hand.., in ordl'r to a.;;C"ertain whether or no a lover
j, fnithful.
Tf it hrf'aks, it o.;ignifie<; that he ic; not
trur, hut if it holdc; tog-ether and makrc:; a ron,idcr-
ahlc- rC'port , it ic: a rausc fM great rPjoic-ing, ~how
in~ the b<-tow•d 'c; faithfuln('c:;s
lt i-. .;;aici that aftf'r thf' battle of '\eeon\ indrn tlw
fil'ld-. \\'l't\. \0\'l'r<'d with c:rarlet poppir..:;, \\'hi\~ th('
pPoplr t<'~ardt•d a ... th<' o:.pill<'d blood of thE' thou,,lnd-.
of -.ollliPrs who frll thf'rt', and of the c;ign that thev
were nt rPc;t in thf' garden b<'\ond thf' valP ·n \'Cr\'
hf'autif11l id('a. t hop<' the baltl<' fic-td-; of Francf'
are ahlot7<' with poppies, bccauc::e it wac; alc:o look<'d
upon ao.; n sig-n f mm God thnt the loYt"'d onr>c: wprc
at rcc;t in H io.; c;afC' k el"ping.
\\'e a lc:o h ave from Tndin th<' stor) that aftrr
the ma-.o.;nrr<' of C u.,fe r nnd his m t>n b\ thr Siou~
th<> l ndirtns nll<'ged th<' appearance on thP bntt~t'
field of n n<:>w fl owe-r, which they called C'u~;tt'r o;
hf'art.
It had lo ng hard leave<:, c-urved hke n
r:walrv ... ahr<' , and c;o c:: h a rp n-: to c-ut the hand
th,,t trit'd to tt nr tht>m from thE' ground. Tht> plJnt
''"" undo~thtl'dh th~> popp\.
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Potatoe~ Onil'n , Ru ln~'r R"anoo:, l'lc , ar, tht" b<'•t I
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