The delicate Forget-Me-Not ~
"Forget-me-Not can be worn or carried to keep a lover close to your heart. Give forget-me-nots to someone you would like to keep you in mind.
Henry IV adopted the forget-me-not as his emblem in 1398.
In medieval Germany, forget-me-nots were worn by lovers to ensure they would not forget each other while they were apart.
In Newfoundland, forget-me-nots were once used to commemorate the war dead.
In the Victorian language of flowers, the forget-me-not means friendship, loving remembrance and fidelity.
Germany in the early 20th century, the flower was a reminder not to forget the poor and destitute and Freemasons distributed them amongst themselves to remind each other of charitable activities. According to legend, Freemasons used the flower in place of the traditional square and compass design to identify one another secretly and to avoid detection by the Nazis. Today, the forget-me-not symbol is used interchangeably with the square and compass symbol as a symbol of Freemasonry, especially in Germany.
Legends of the Name's Origin:
When God was naming all the flowers, one small flower cried out "Forget me not, O Lord!" and God said, "That shall be your name!".
When God was giving the world its color, one small flower cried out "Forget me not, O Lord!" but there was only the smallest bit of blue left, so he painted the flower with the palest blue and it was called forget-me-not.
When the Christ Child was sitting on Mary's lap one day, he decided that the whole world should know the beautiful blue of her eyes and waved his hand and forget-me-nots sprung up.
As a knight and his lady walked along the river, the knight bent down to pick his lady some flowers, but he slipped and fell into the river and the weight of his armor bore him down. As he slipped beneath the water he cried out "Forget-me-not"!"
- information from The Witchipedia
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