New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
THE WEARING OF THE LEX.
Vegetable Worshippers Among the Egyp-
tian-The Emblem of Wales.

The leek occurs among the heroglyphics of
Egypt, and is sometimes represented on the heao
OF the god Osiris This latter fact is signlncant
In relation to the wearing of the leek In their
caps by the Welsh. says THE London GLOBE
A possible connection is suggested May not thls
curious custom of sporting the leek on ST DaViu
Day. March 1, have had its origin far away In
the dim distance of early Egyptian history? Inc az,
leek was among the many objects worshipped py
ha ha' watsrs spans Of a the Nile. His smiles on
him. says Carlyle, in ausion TO one OF those
Leek-worship does not appear to have passed
on into the religious systems Of GREECE t ana Koe
theology OF the Egyptians Yet the leek had iI its
eeks and onions In pots along " with he other nege
mysteries s les Of Ceres as We'll as Of the Egyptian
leek as symbol in the worship of their Ceres;
known as Ceudven If they did So whence T.,dbi aid
phase of human thought did it come down to
tine so e frG hoNSe Known Of
mysterious priests and nd ~ & a6d oI
A more immediate origin of the custom traces
ancient British chief Cadwallader- Southey aludes
Ewias. which is to commemorate The Tale of
Davids Deeds and on the authority OF of the ,a aa,
TIE Britons under cadwallader to wear leeks in
Their a when 3ss 10 so n ns SO tine
emblem of Wales. And on a more recent occasion
same @ as honest a'uS vegetable aided an English kng
against his enemies King Henry V is reminded
by the Weshman Fluelen of the part played by
is remembered of it, he says. the Welshmen did
wearing leeks in their Monmouth caps And And the
he says Fluellen. Il wear it for memorable
honor" And il is related in the old chronicles that
William III and his courtiers. St David's Day.
1899 wore leeks according to custom
ate it. fhs tRer r's sardneTs heir
for the pot well as to pray to- And Pltny, that
inscription on the great pyramid recording that
the value of the leeks onions and garlic con-
sun1ed by the builders amounted to to nearly early hal n1
sighed after by the Israelites in the wilderness
We're the "leeks and onions and garlic OF the
the fashion of leek eating among the Romans
He used TO partake of them on several days in
He found. imagined. in the leek virtue
not recognized by the faculty to-day. And so the
Emperor was surnamed In derison Porrophagus.
esteem their national emblem and badge of their
leekie again. in which the leek plays impor-
tant part, is of Scotlands national dishes. and
chieftain OF the race of soups But TO eat leeks.
in cock-a-leeke otherwise. is the same as
to eat the 1eek When Pistol laughs at Flu
head ST David's Day. the valiant welshrnan
Seeding onions. eaten as salad
native, with the onion. of Egypt. from whence 1t
probably came to Europe. The British garden
owes II to the Romans The first name AIlium in
dicates its relationship with the onion and the gar
lie. while its second, II Bryant is right connects
the leek by another bond to ancient Egypt For
he derives Porrum from Pi-orus Egyptian god
representing the Baelpeor OF the Pnoenicans And
munich the toothsome spring scalIions In our
the chief cities the Philistnes where the leek
at first be used name for leeks, but means
seeding onions. eaten as salad