Fairies And Foxgloves
When belief in fairies was universal a tradition held that planting foxgloves in a garden was a sure way of attracting them.
The plant’s original name was ‘folksglove’, meaning the glove of the fairy folk.
It was later known by a number of names such as Fairy Petticoats and Fairy Thimbles.
Posted on Mon 22nd Jun 2009 11:23:00