Daffodils - Did you know?

[Hugh Spencer]

The Romans introduced the daffodil to Britain, using the leaves to cure catarrh and the bulbs to make plasters.
In the 19th century the bulb was boiled down and used to clean the skin and flush the ears clear of wax.
Poultry keepers once thought the daffodil unlucky, believing it stopped hens from laying or eggs from hatching.
Even today, bringing a single daffodil into a house is seen as bad luck in some parts.
Britain exports 10,000 tons of daffodil bulbs a year with nearly half going to Holland.

[paddywak]

Ché my first GSD had a thing about daffs, as soon as they opened he would nip them off about an inch below the head and leave them all over the place, my mum who loved daffs used to go crazy and if we were in a park or anywhere with daffs he had to be kept on a lead. Don't know why as he never bothered about other flowers but he could spot a daff a 100yds away and off would come its head

[espookid]

Had a friend whose wife put tulips (expensive ones ) in a stew and they all lived happily ever after

[daftgrandad]

Thanks for that info Hugh.
I had a feeling of deja vous when i read it.
Then I realised I had seen the same thing,word for word in the Daily Mail about 7.00 this morning.
I wonder who copied who ?