Daffy-Down-Dilly
Has come to town
With a yellow petticoat
And a pretty green gown
Daffy-Down-Dilly.
At
least we thought that had finally happened when the weather turned
suddenly warmer and all the daffodils started to bloom. It looked
like we would have a lovely show. A friend told me this is because we
have had lots of freezing weather this January and February and daffodils like this and that makes them suddenly bloom when the warm
weather comes.
It
has unfortunately only lasted 3 days as last night we had another
freeze and now most of the lovely yellow blooms are lying flat on the ground again.I hope they stand up again when the weather gets warmer again tomorrow.
Poor
Daffy down dillies.
I
wondered where this name had come from and found out it is from the
book “Little Daffydowndilly” by Nathaniel Hawthorne , known better
for his book “The Scarlet Letter”.
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