Thanks for the link, Richie. YOur old dulcimer has an interesting sound.

I have a book of medieval English poems which has a poem on this theme.   It starts

I have a younge suster (sister)
far across the sea.
many be the druries (gifts)
that she gave me.

Re: the cherry being the hymen, that's nuts. When a cherry tree blooms, a thick body is right behind the flower petals. If the blossom is pollinated, it will be fertilized, a stone (seed) will form, and the cherry will mature. Same applies to other fruit.