farewell ?greeting / farewell summer
farewell An old Lady who came off, with her family to prayers, who bye the bye brought me some preserved bake apples, and some wild flowers, very like a Hyacinth, but what they called "farewell summer" being the last of the wild flowers which bloom. [summer transient from a Nfld. home] _En...
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| Summary: | farewell An old Lady who came off, with her family to prayers, who bye the bye brought me some preserved bake apples, and some wild flowers, very like a Hyacinth, but what they called "farewell summer" being the last of the wild flowers which bloom. [summer transient from a Nfld. home] _English Dialect Dictionary_ lists the following in England for this name: Aster Tripolium Chrysanthemum sinense Saponaria officinalis Solidago virgaurea 25 June 87 APR 17 1988 WK DNE Sup Used Sup Used Sup Used Sup |
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