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Show I 'EVERY FLOWER HAS A STORY I 1 ALL ITS OWN THi: LILY OF THE VALLEY Should you receive a bouquet of lllee-of-the-valley the sender pays you a subtle compliment, for this blossom signifies unconscious sweet ness In the language of the flowers. It also represents the return of happiness. hap-piness. Llly-of-the-vallev Is one of the flowers dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is also known as Our Lady's tears. Used for Medicine. The ancients attributed great med- iclnal properties to this plant a delicious, perfumed liquid was distilled distill-ed from the flowers, which. It Is said, was a remedy for nervous disorders. dis-orders. This liquid was considered so valuable thai It was kept oijly in bottles of silver or gold In the Middle Ages, beauty doctors doc-tors prescribed the blo83oni3 of the llly-of-the-v alley gathered efore Sunrise and rubbed on the face as a cure for freckles. In some English counties, a superstition Is found that the person who transplants a bed of these lilies will die within the next year. Legend of origin. The legend of the origin of this flower tells of a hermit. St Leonard, Leon-ard, who lived about 500 A D in the forest of lA)uvaln. in Erance. Near him dwelt a huge dragon, and often terrihie struggles took place between them The beast, representing temptation, temp-tation, was driven back continually until it finally disappeared Where the rornbata took place bed-, or lllies-Of-the-Vallej sprang UP, marking the place where the blood of the holy man had sprinkled the ground oo i Some races in India forbid marriage mar-riage outside the tribe. |