DANDELIONS MYTHS AND FOLKLORE

 It is said that if you make a wish immediately before blowing a dandelion, your wish just might come true. Another belief was that the number of seeds left after blowing the seed head indicated the number of children that a girl would have in later life.

A common tale is that the number of seeds that were left represents time, giving rise to the term dandelion clock for the seed head. The dandelion flower opens an hour after sunrise and closes at dusk giving rise to the belief that it is...