Daffy Down Dilly
The daffodils started blooming again this week, which means that spring won't be long in coming! In my area, these are the first flowers to bloom near the end of winter, often coming before the snow and cold weather has ended.
Daffy Down Dilly
Daffy Down Dilly
has come to town
in a yellow petticoat
and a green gown
The nursery rhyme is so old, and perhaps originated in word-of-mouth folk lore, that I cannot determine its origin with certainty. The closest match is a rhyme that appeared in Eulalie Osgood Grover’s book "MOTHER GOOSE" printed in Chicago in 1915. However, the wording of the rhyme is slightly different, but perhaps this was, indeed, the origin and subsequent recitations were altered. Other slight variations of the rhyme appear in other sources.
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The name "Daffydowndilly," however, was taken from the name of a short story titled "Little Daffydowndilly" which appeared in the book "THE SNOW-IMAGE AND OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864). The protagonist in this story appears to have been a boy, though, not a girl, as shown in the illustrations.
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Whether girls or boys, I am glad to see these harbingers of spring appearing again, as I am not a fan of cold weather!
Such a pretty photo to look at instead of peeking out my window at an expanse of dirty snow!
Thanks for sharing your memory of the nursery rhyme your mother recited to you (I've never heard this one before) and the history that you could find behind it!
As always, I learn so much from you! My daughter @andiekins took a photo of some near her. It always seems strange to me that they seem to bloom at the coldest times. There is a place in Tulsa called Woodward Park where one hillside is filled with them when nothing else is in bloom. Such a sweet little flower for sure.
Ours won’t come up for another month. It is always nice to see them, like you said a sure sign that spring is almost here.
I love nursery rhymes and I've never heard of this one. The photos are gorgeous! This has given me a different thought of Daffodils. Thank you so much for sharing this! Loved it!
Thanks for sharing that bit of spring for we are so far away from any spring flowers here!
I love those old images especially the image of the girl in a daffodil gown.
I'd never heard that rhyme before but now I have and will share it with my Pre-K kids when we get some daffodils.
Thanks for sharing!
I never saw daffodils before but i heard about this flower so much. I hope this year i will try to find and capture pictures. They are so pretty.
Since you aren't familiar with the flower, here is another photo that shows the true color of the daffodil (the above photo was edited for artistic effect):
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This is so pretty... Love it.. :D thank you dear..
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