Post by @ChaHarper@mastodon.scot

2026-04-22 12:12 UTC

According to a Scottish legend, if you want to see a fairy, you must eat a primrose, or rub primrose oil on your eyelids. Some ancient Druids thought that standing in a large swathe of primroses gave you passage to fairyland. Some farmers used to put primroses in their cowsheds to stop fairies stealing the milk, or braided them into the manes of horses for protection. We have never had any trouble from the fairies. #colour #yellow #spring #joy #primroses

Replies (7)

@rtmgla@glasgow.social 2026-04-22 12:36

@ChaHarper@mastodon.scot Fascinating. We’ve got lots log primroses popping up now and i’ve been corrected a few times for calling them cowslip - which is a completely different flower. *rubs primroses on eyelids

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@crenquis@mstdn.io 2026-04-22 14:57

@ChaHarper@mastodon.scot Ah, so we will be safe later this summer... We have a bunch of Oenothera elata (Hooker’s Evening Primrose) that are in their second year where they flower. They are still just a rosette of leaves.

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@CindyWeinstein@zirk.us 2026-04-22 16:34

@ChaHarper@mastodon.scot beautiful.

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@msbellows@c.im 2026-04-22 19:01

@ChaHarper@mastodon.scot See, this explains why hipsters are seldom troubled by fairies.

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@Burn_this_@beige.party 2026-04-22 20:00

@ChaHarper@mastodon.scot Aren't primroses poisonous?

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@marilyn@mathstodon.xyz 2026-04-22 22:05

@ChaHarper@mastodon.scot So the primrose path leads to dalliance with fairy folk! This explains much

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@Fuzz_Ra@kind.social 2026-04-23 01:28

@ChaHarper@mastodon.scot Oh, fairies are no problem. What you really don't want is a bunch of cloaked, modern druids moving in. They'll make a right mess of the flower beds.

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