The Victorian Language of Flowers: Hiding Secret Messages in Plain Sight

Poppies. CC0, https://pxhere.com/en/photo/960192, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78130850

If a bouquet of flowers arrives at our door, we’re more interested in who sent them. The Victorians were more concerned with what it meant.The Victorian language of flowers, also known as floriography, was a way to send messages using specific plants and flowers. Combining different flowers allowed them to send more complex or sophisticated messages.Let’s look at how this language developed and how to use it.

A Brief Tour of European Wedding Cake Traditions

The cutting of a couple’s wedding cake is often the highlight of a wedding reception with newlyweds making their first ceremonial slice into the cake.

Werewolves that Fish and Fight in Battles: The Scottish Wulver and Irish Faoladh in Folklore

The Werewolf Howls. By Mont Sudbury https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22224974

Werewolves. The name alone conjures up nightmarish images from our current pop culture horror films starring this shapeshifting man-wolf.

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