“Tickled Pink” to Find a Dandelion

Common activities children like to do with dandelions include plucking a bright yellow blossom and holding it under someone’s chin “to see if they like butter”, and forming a golden crown, necklace, or bracelet by making a cut in one flower stalk and inserting the blossom of different flower stalk into it, one after another.

A folk name for dandelion, yellow gowan (gowan: yellow kind of a common daisy) refers to the blooming dandelion’s bright golden yellow. Is there any other color?

pinkad22Click the Pretty Pink to order these dandelion relatives.

Posted on June 1st, 2009 by ruth and filed under Other Uses for Dandelions | Comments Off on “Tickled Pink” to Find a Dandelion