THE BLUEBELL
In the olden times, when the gods ruled Greece, Apollo, the Sun God, doted upon a beautiful boy. While playing a game of quoits with him one day, the jealous god Zephyr interposed. With an unruly wind he made Apollo’s discus swerve toward the boy, and killed him. Overcome with grief, Apollo summoned a flower out of the earth, stamping upon it the beauty of the bluebell, in memory of his loved one. Ever since “St. George’s flower” has been a symbol of affection.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 92, 9 July 1927, Page 27
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86THE BLUEBELL Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 92, 9 July 1927, Page 27
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