, 1870-11-27
LEGENDS OF THE ROSE.
tTndIt1ons Interviewing the Ern.
giant Flower NEith Ak-lsKion. Lows,
k.tc.s f:1E.


Etc. Etc.
Ffca Ucyfs,'s N17---i7. =, D,,:.sssr.
The Catholic |.1osa1y," which ths GeT11as
call Iosehkranz, OF io.ewgeAth, suggests thA:
originally The wors1ii oper. nay hsTu couniai
tLeiF prayers with roses; ~ 2Ey rate, It seen-
ed eofsala that tar ! long tiuo ths larger
beads we're called roses. Dat this WAS tho
Christianity. The rose WA held to bs the
favorite flower Of the materna1 golless uollA,
who, as We have before seen, was often ca!led
Frau Rose," or "Mu:ter Roae." 1t was
purity transre1sd, will all other symbols Of
Hofda, to the Iaaonns, who il frequently
called t. MAneuroechen-" Mary, 1t Is said,
diiea her veil on roas-bu4h, which thencs-
forth beass no moro so.es. But there has
been tarLencv to associate the white rose
p.itisnlasl with the Virgin Mary, that being
chiefly chosen for her fp,e days, while th7
Watn,er and mora earthly feeEogs associated
with - Frau Rose" are atlll represented IN the
"a, ertstIons connected with the red ross.
II white tose boom in autumn it daaotea au
ca:l3 ceaih II rt41, Aa early marriage. tbs
red T7ke, II Il leld, will not bloom
over > Grsvc. In tbs Po.en the 9.rose
aalla" il Carried ~ tho co1ntry maiden
ia lsz b:eans 70 Keep lie. lover srua.
i. Il.Iri1 ga -he who Ii. several lovers may
on water; tie leaf that sinks last il thst Of
Ler tsuset lover, OR pEeleetined hasa.a1.
Sine OF the sup e1rtitions concerning the tuse
In Germany arc ekls,uAr; ss, Tor instance, tbs
Custom found in some places OF throwing iosa
leaFea on coal fire for good luck. aa3 tho
saying that rose-tuaI1 p1ane5 on S.. Johns
Das Hill bloom again in au;utnn. The teia-
tim OF the 1owes u b.unl i. widely believed.
THUS Cue MaS dua III France and Italy, As
vel! as Getmany, the sasins thar drop OF
one'a blood buried under rose-busL will
l1iEg rosy cheeks. The rosc il alro a.soeiateJ
trt14 nm nm S1niw S&r
many, still frcqI mt III Sw45ia xad Westpha-
liA. asaiust nose-b.ee1iug, aud inIeal Mi
kinds Of ieMorrasges. This formula iu
Nehtphalia tnns trls: ''Atok, wabek,
F45tk; ia ChEiet's garden Stand three rel
loeet-oae for the good God, tl,a olhsr foz
God's blood, tho tl.ird for the angel G.br;ei:
llood, pray you coaao to tioE!" In SxnoiA
1t il said: "On ou1 Lord Jsuna' gravo spring
sLree roses-the first il Hope, tho second
1'a'ience, the third Goi'a Viii: blood, pray
you 10 s:ill:" Sometimes again il il, !" ID
Gods garden bloom three roses-Eiood-+lrop,
/ ruhes haye curious 1noc.icatious. In
St. Louis. Missouri, Germ2l named SttotEcr
tast year committed murder. AID alterHari
suicide. In Lis room WAS found tho following
cl.Arnl against 1emoFth7ga: ''As tie grave of
Christ bloom three dow trt-the first ID Jugsnl.
4 Ubel) II Repeat three times and the blooi
Will cease to Tow" I have someHllrra met
with legend that tho thora-crosn o: Ch7.t
Was maie from rose-ls1er, aud that the drops
OF blood that eta1ted uu,ler it and fell to tue
gronud blossonsd to roses: the fable has
Leen secalfel to me, though cannot tracs it,
by the fclicitnus linos Of the nlpss rif,ai
American poetees CAI1s. Howe):
Men saw the ihoTuS On jesus brow,
hut angels saw the roses4"
\ similar idea persades the story Of >. Dorm
roacher," known to English readers as :. Ths
Sleeping De1uty,' or ''H7sebui," who, it will
be remembered, sleeps ia palacc Surrounded
BY fcsnldshlo tiloru-:li:Iets, in which all
who approached pe:isheI easo tue true
Prince, to whom tia thorns wore Ill roses,
through which ho passed witt. ease Thers
is, by The way, in the sane leseaa, al it orig
insily appears in the Edla Ut Snnual, 4 GU
rious reminscenca Of ths Oriental syu eol-
ism which connected tho rose with silsace and
a1-ep. When Sigurl there enters tha castle
ard arcuses Dryhii1a, she tells thA story Of
her trance in these worls: "rwo k,nss con-
terded; Que blight HialpSuuucE. but he VISA
I'D but OF mickle might, and Olia Ind prom
ised Lin the victory. / felled him in hyAt :;
tut OGin stluc,i my head with the sisspy.
tht!n. lid RATA should mover again 10 vic:o:l-
ons. aEd shuald be hereafter weddel.''