Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-07-10
a Charming Legend Accounting for the
Origin OF the Rose-Greek Myths and
Mussulman Tradition - Bits OF
Old-W World Folklore.

According to Greek myth red roses
were white ones tinged with the blood of
Venus, who wounded her foot on q thorn
while fastening to the aid Of the dying Mar
cissus. According to another legend they
sprang from the bath of Aphrodite A later
Christian tradition asserted that the crown
OF tnorns was one of the rose thorn, and
tnat the red roses sprang from the blood of
Christ:
Men saw the thorns on Jesus brow
But angels saw the roses.
A still different origin il given IN ths
queen or Aowers' by Mussuiman tradition
According to 1t white roses sprung from
the sweat Of the prophet Mohammed during
mis- journey to Heaven, and yellow ones
from perspiration dripping from the name
OF Al borak, his Dteed. It is further re-
ported that the red flower is coIored with
drops Of his blood, and the faithful win
never allow one to lie on the ground There
Is an Arab tradition that q certain King
Shaddad planted q field of roses In the
oesers, which are still hourishing, but no
man can find them.
The rose has always been an important
nower in folk legends. Il has several en-
olematic meanings. It Is, to begin with.
the symbol Of beauty:
Whatsoer of beauty
Yearns and yet reposes
Blush and bloom and sweet breath.
Took shape In roses.
Anciently it was the emblem Of silence
Eros gave to Harpocrstes, god of silence. a
rose TO keep the secrets Of Venus. On the
ceilings OF the banquet-rooms, to remind
strangers that what was "sub-rosa', was
not 70 be repeated, was anciently sculptured
9 rose.
Red as the rose Of Harpocrstss.
For the Same reason It was placed over
con1esslonals in 1900. Doubtless its place
on Sreek and Roman tombs was given to It
as the flower Of silence. II was the symbol
OF the mystic Rosierucians (sub-rosa crurl.
As diplomacy is secret, it became n ma
tonal emblem. Roman soldiers bore IL as
an insignia on their shields. Adopted as an
emblem OF England, and each political fac
ton having selected his color, the rose fig
ured conspicuously in English history. The
wars OF the roses lasted thirty years, with
the white rose as the badge Of Y ork and tha
red one Of Lancaster
The rose Of Jericho, also called thu rose OF
the Virgin Mary, became the symbol of
resurrection. 1t is not really q rose, how
ever. tradition reported that it marked
every spot where the holy family rested
during the journey 10 Egypt. :
The Syrians regarded the rose as an am
blem OF immortality. Chinese plant IL over
graves, and in the Tyrol it is said to produce
sleep. Germans call the rose of Jericho the
Christmas rose, and it is supposed to divine
the events Of the year il stepped in water
Christmas Eve
Inere are many other supers titions about
the rose. Il is said in Persia that there ia a
certain charmed day in which the rose has
heart of gold. Another tradition relates
tnat there Is silver table on q certain
Mount Calassy, in India, and on this table
hes silver rose that contains two beautiful
women who praise God without ceasine-
In the center of the rose is the Triangle
the residence of God.
And when the beil hath sounded
The rose. with Gll the mystertes surreunded
The bell, the table, and Mount Calassy
The holy hill itself, with all thereon.
Dissolves away.
One OF Vishnu's wives is said to have
sprung from a rese. In Germany the rose
mas oeen faVorite flower. 1t is one of
tnose mysterious blossoms, like the "for-
getme- not" that unlock. treasures con.
cealed in caves or castles. The rose was n
favorite flower Of Holda, the Northern
venus, and, in Christian lands, became the
"Marienroschen" Of the Virgin. The white
rose Is usually Mary's emblem She dries
her vail on rosebush, which bears no mora
flowers thereafter.
1t is probable that posebuds were the
larger beads in he.Catholic rosary, the Ger
man rosenkrantz or rose wreath.
It Is said that If q white rose blooms In
autumn an early death is prognosticated.
while an autumn blooming red rose sieni.
fies marriage. The red rose, IL is also said.
VIII not bloom over grave. Rose leaves are
sometimes thrown on the fre for good luck.
and rose bush may be made to bloom in
autumn by pruning il st. Johns Day.
Here, as well as in France and Italy. Il Ia
believed that rosy cheeks will come 10 the
lass who buries drop Of her blood under a
rose bush. In Posen young women assure
the fidelity of their lovers by carving a
rosebud in the breast. Rose leaves are
chosen for divination in Thuringia. the
maiden having several lovers scattering n
leaf named after each one on the water:
the leaf that sinks last is the true lover.
Charms for stopping hemorrhare are
connected with the rose. One Of these.
used in Germany, reads thus: ain Gods
garden bloom three roses-blood- -dron
blood-stop, and blood stili; blood. / pray
you, cease to iow,n
The rose was potent ingredient in love
pAiiters In England and Scotland a century
ago.
In the ''Saemundr'' Edda Brvnhild IA
-N"A AnNC - SLouCC 1IOm which 6lRur0
arouses her by blow from the s'sleepv
thorn" in the hands Of Odin. In the Ger
man tale Of ''Dornroschen," or the aSleep-
Ing Beauty" the thorn hedge that sur
rounds the slumbering heroine bears onlv
roses to the true Prince.
Why the Governor OF Oregon win Not
Wear q AWaiIow-Tail.
A story Is told ta the Portland Oregonian
by an Eastern gentleman, who was lately in
that city, about Governor Pennoyer when
ne attended the centennial of the adoption
Of the constitution at Philadelphia several
years ago. IL ended with q banquet. at
which i've hundred covers were laid.
Oregon's Governor was invited TO attend
and was celebrating whether to 90 when
he met John A. Kasson, of iowa
"Kasson," he said, ''is every man who At
tends the banquet expected to wear a
swallow-tail coatri
MOST assuredly, Governor
Then don't think will 20. Ihaye NOT
worn swallow-ta for about thirty years,