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Thread #58211 Message #920307
Posted By: Bob Bolton
28-Mar-03 - 04:39 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: What was behind virgins wearing laurels?
Subject: RE: Folklore: What was behind virgins wearing laurels?
G'day ooh-aah et al,
My Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary, taking a view from the Antipodes, says that 'daphne', to the English is spurge laurel - and, presumably, that is what is being garlanded in these virgins' hair.