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Boughs of holly, believed to have magical powers since they remained green through the harsh winter, were often placed over the doors of homes to drive evil away. Greenery was also brought indoors to freshen the air and brighten the mood during the long, dreary winter.
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www.allthingschristmas.com/traditions.html
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Carrying holly for seasonal decorations, Amy Griffin re-creates the pose in the eighteenth-century engraving December seen in Christmas in Prints. Click image to enlarge; ... Griffin lends a touch of green to winter with holly on the mantel. Click image to enlarge...
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www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Autumn08/holly.cfm
www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Autumn08/holly.cfm
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Modern Xmas Floral Display ... This then became the holly bough we know today. Until the start of the 1800s it was the evergreen bough that was brought indoors rather than the Xmas tree made popular by Prince Albert. ... Holly and Ivy History - Make Decor...
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www.fashion-era.com/Christmas/christmas_customs_holly_h...
www.fashion-era.com/Christmas/christmas_customs_holly_history.htm
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Decorating the Christmas Tree - a potted history ... By the 18th century the Holy Bough had become known as the 'Holly Bough' or 'Holly Bunch'. The quick kiss under it largely done as a tradition rather than as a symbol of peace. It was also known as the 'Mistletoe Bough' and the 'Kissing' Bunch'.
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www.christmasarchives.com/decorations.html
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Under the Holly-Bough. Ye who have loved each other, Sister and friend and brother, In this fast-fading year: Mother and sire and child, Young man and maiden mild, Come gather here; And let your heart grow fonder, As memory shall ponder; ... ; Home - Stories - Christmas History...
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www.christmasstory.ca/Stories/Under-The-Holly-bough.htm...
www.christmasstory.ca/Stories/Under-The-Holly-bough.html
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- Further exploration may reveal cities of birth, birth and death records, cemetary indexes, social security data, marriage and divorce records, adoption indices, and online Bough family history records. - Bear in mind that genealogy research is NOT easy, although it has become more efficient with the Internet.
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www.museumstuff.com/family-history/names/Amy-Bough.php
www.museumstuff.com/family-history/names/Amy-Bough.php
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09 - Fairy Lovetoknow 1911 - mgen - time they have a pedigree and the question of their ancestry as the man had swept his chimney with a bough of holly and was fat and fair of flesh yet was rescued by janet ... Museums : Family History : names : Bough : Janet Bough...
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www.museumstuff.com/family-history/names/Janet-Bough.ph...
www.museumstuff.com/family-history/names/Janet-Bough.php
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A bough of holly accompanied gifts in Rome. Holly, known as Aquifolius (needle leaf), was considered powerful. In Natural History, Pliny the Elder wrote, "A holly-tree planted in a town or country house wards off magic.
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www.killerplants.com/herbal-folklore/20021223.asp
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Another post on the 2009 American Society for Legal History conference comes from Christopher Capozzola, MIT. The panel is Circumnavigating the Pacific. ... Drawing on a pathbreaking research project on Philippine political development that will mark her as one of the world’s leading scholars of Southeast Asian legal history,
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legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/
legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/
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