Helen Jacobs. It was also reproduced in 'The Tribute for the V.C's' published by John Horn 1930.
Folklore related to Snowdrops
Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) are known as "Candlemas Bells" because, being the usual earliest blooming flower of all, they often bloom before Candlemas (some varieties bloom all winter long in some places). Legend says that they sprang up by the hand of an angel, who then pointed them out as a sign of hope to Eve, who was weeping in repentance and in despair over the cold and death that entered into the world after she and her husband sinned. Because our Hope is Christ, the Light of the World as Simeon says in his canticle today, it is providential that the snowdrop should bloom by this Feast! If possible, gather some Candlemas Bells to bring inside (folk belief is that bringing them indoors before this date is bad luck, and bringing them indoors today "purifies" one's house.) These flowers, along with carnations, are also the "birth flower" for those born in January.
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“Welcome, welcome!” sang and sounded every ray, and the Flower lifted itself up over the snow into the brighter world. The Sunbeams caressed and kissed it, so that it opened altogether, white as snow, and ornamented with green stripes. It bent its head in joy and humility.
“Beautiful Flower!” said the Sunbeams, “how graceful and delicate you are! You are the first, you are the only one! You are our love! You are the bell that rings out for summer, beautiful summer, over country and town. All the snow will melt; the cold winds will be driven away; we shall rule; all will become green, and then you will have companions, syringas, laburnums, and roses; but you are the first, so graceful, so delicate!”
Extract from 'The Snowdrop' by Hans Christian Anderson
Candlemas Bells, Christ's Flower, Death's Flower, Dew-drops, Dingle-Dangle, Drooping heads. Drooping Lily, Fair Maids of February, French Snowdrop, Mary’s Taper, Naked Maiden, Purification Flower, Snow-bells, Snow-flower , Snow-piercer, White-bells, White-cups, White Ladies, White Purification, White Queen,
illustration from 'Land of the Happy Hours' by Helen Jacobs. It was also reproduced in 'The Tribute for the V.C's' published by John Horn 1930.
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"It is unlucky to decorate your rooms with snowdrops. The snowdrop always blossoms on Candlemas Day The snowdrop will ensure purity of thought to the wearer If a girl eats the first snowdrop she finds in the spring, she will not get tanned in the summer. Snowdrops are so much like a corpse in a shroud that in some countries the people will not have them in the house, lest they bring in death."
From - "Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World." 1903