3468 – ‘Livelong’ botanical drawing

Physical description:

Hand coloured print of the herb 'Livelong', with Latin names.

Museum classification:

Herbs and Healing, Divination

Size:

A4

Information:

A botanical hand-coloured etching of the herb 'Livelong'.  In Irish folklore this herb is gathered on Midsummer's Eve (St. John's Eve) and hung up in the home.  If it retained its colour until Halloween, the picker would prosper. if it died, the picker would themselves die soon.

Resource:

Print

Materials:

Paper, watercolour

Copyright ownership:

MWM

A botanical hand-coloured etching of the herb 'Livelong'.  In Irish folklore this herb is gathered on Midsummer's Eve (St. John's Eve) and hung up in the home.  If it retained its colour until Halloween, the picker would prosper. if it died, the picker would themselves die soon.