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Thread #151975 Message #3703102
Posted By: GUEST,Dave the Gnome
20-Apr-15 - 05:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: Where Have All the Dandelions Gone?
Subject: RE: BS: Where Have All the Dandelions Gone?
Yes indeed, Steve. Yet another tradition rendered insensible! Buttercups are used to see if you like butter. Hence the name :-) Dandelions are also 'wet the beds' so no self respecting kid in 1950's Salford would be seen waving one near the face! Interestingly enough Dandelions are a known diuretic so there was some sense in that as well :-)