{"id":18001,"date":"2024-03-21T13:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/?p=18001"},"modified":"2024-03-21T13:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:29:51","slug":"co-chair-south-maggies-blog-21st-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/co-chair-south-maggies-blog-21st-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-Chair South Maggie’s Blog – 21st March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was real pleasure to see so many people at this years Daffodil Day and to
\nshare in an interview with Pam Rhodes something of the work that Methodist
\nWomen in Britain is doing at this time, including Ruth’s period poverty project. I
\nhave since been told of other churches who are hoping to take this up. The hall
\ndecorated with so many lovely daffodils made an amazing backdrop for the
\nday.
\nOf course purists will say that daffodils are really narcissi and related to the
\namaryllis. In some parts of the country they are called Lent Lilys as their
\nflowering period coincides with Lent and Easter. It is believed that daffodils
\nwere the flowers referred to
\nin the Old Testament by Solomon as the Rose of Sharon.
\n\u201cI am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley\u201d Song of Solomon 2.1
\nDaffodils were later adopted as a symbol of eternal life, rebirth and
\nresurrection by the early Christians.
\nDaffodils were brought to this country by the Romans and used as floral
\ntributes but we have the Rev George Herbert Engleheart to thank for the
\nmany varieties available to us today. As well as his duties as a clergyman he
\nwas a keen amateur archaeologist and daffodil grower. It is recorded that on
\noccasions his congregation came to church to find a notice stating that there
\nwas no service that morning as their Vicar was working with the daffodils. I am
\nsure there was a sermon in there somewhere. It is estimated that there are
\nnow twenty seven thousand varieties of cultivated daffodils available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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