Uintah Basin Standard | 1963-12-19 | Page 13 | Holly Holds Sway

Holly Holds Sway The holly tree and its brightly berried branches hold an important place not only in holiday decorations but in the W legends and lore of An old belief in England and Germany was that there are and hollies the hollies with V the hollies The varieties brought into j E. the house at Christmas supposedly showed who would head iV the household for the coming year or Jr i A variation on this custom said that if the hoDy was brought into the house in fair the wife would Jf y but if the weather was the husband would be Jr Holly was credited with many magical and medical 1 It was believed to cure banish 0 ft and even foretell to girls the names of their future Al