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A Bit of Folklore
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There is an ancient bit of German folklore that says that one's Bee's----you do have Bees don't you?---should always be well and quickly advised of all news which affects the family. Otherwise they might swarm off to some other location where they are more wanted (in their view) or they might neglect the honey they have already made and make it spoil.
quote:
Marriage, birth or buryin'
News across the seas
All your sad or merryin'
You must tell the bees.
anon
In this same Germanic folklore lexicon it is also held to be most fortunate if one dreams of bees:
quote:
Happy the man who dreaming sees
The little humble busy bees
Fly humming around the hive.
anon
Welsh folklore holds that the Robin's breast was burned red because it brought cooling water to the souls in hell:
quote:
Nay, said the grandmother, have you not heard?
My poor bad boy, of the fiery pit
And how drop by drop, this merciful bird
Carries water that quenches it?
He carries water in his little bill
And lets it fall on the souls of sin.
You can see the mark on his red breast still
Of fires that scorch as he drops it in
by John Greenleaf Whittier
I just thought that you ought to know that.
love
dad, granpa, et al
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