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Respect Your Elderflowers
Elderflowers whisk me away to an English summer. Elder trees humming with bees, blooming with little fluffy clouds, haunted by faerie folk. In Germanic folklore, guardian spirits dwelled in these trees, so when you gather their blossoms, you might be taking home something enchanted. Danish legend tells of a mystical sight on Midsummer’s Eve, a night where the veil between worlds wears thin. Stand beneath an elder tree, and you might see Elverkongen, the King of Fairyland, ri
Katherine Wilson
Dec 18, 20255 min read
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