The daisy was known in England as Herb Margaret, a name Forster tied to St Margaret of Cortona, whose feast fell on 22 February, about the day the first daisies trimmed the meadows. The French called it La Belle Marguerite. Elsewhere he suggested the English St Margaret of 3 February as the source of the name.
Herb Margaret
22 February · England
Lore and belief
St. Margaret of Cotona, whose Name is preserved in the Cognomen of this Plant, still called in France La Belle Marguerite, and in England Herb Margaret.
From Forster's Perennial Calendar, p. xxi. Read the original
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