tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18793341.post114511891982734640..comments2023-10-25T14:19:15.136+01:00Comments on a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17: winkersSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05027658858923261262noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18793341.post-1145519603211850132006-04-20T08:53:00.000+01:002006-04-20T08:53:00.000+01:00thank you, very erudite as well. I can see why per...thank you, very erudite as well. I can see why pervincire was appropriate, and yet periwinkle the whelk comes from pinewinclan (from wincle). English is an absorbent language.<BR/><BR/>Ask a question and it shall be answeredSpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05027658858923261262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18793341.post-1145518159025035622006-04-20T08:29:00.000+01:002006-04-20T08:29:00.000+01:001501, dim. of parvink (12c.), from O.E. perwince, ...1501, dim. of parvink (12c.), from O.E. perwince, from L.L. pervinca "periwinkle" (4c.), from L., from pervincire "to entwine, bind," from per- "thoroughly" + vincire "to bind, fetter."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18793341.post-1145451584652095292006-04-19T13:59:00.000+01:002006-04-19T13:59:00.000+01:00yes but why were they called periwinklesyes but why were they called periwinklesSpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05027658858923261262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18793341.post-1145443505369089642006-04-19T11:45:00.000+01:002006-04-19T11:45:00.000+01:00Periwinkle:A plant which has connections with the ...Periwinkle:<BR/>A plant which has connections with the spirits.<BR/>Hung over doorways, it is believed to keep ghosts, spirits and witches at bay. It is also effective in the exorcisms of demons.<BR/>In Wales, lore states that if one plucks periwinkle from a grave, that individual will be haunted by the dead in their dreams for a year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com