Sunday 22 June 2014

Cowslips

Cowslips
 
Cowslip flowers are traditionally used for making cowslip wine, cowslip mead and salads .I have got an unopened bottle of "Cowslip Flavoured Wine" that belonged to my great grandfather , William Elliott who was the landlord of the "Elm Tree" that is popularly known as ‘the bottom pub’ at Scarcliffe in Derbyshire.  When my great grandfather died in the early 1930's, his son-in-law took over as landlord and when my great aunt and uncle retired a few years later they took the bottle with them.
The cowsip is actually a delicate wild flower and I love to see them out in the open grassland.


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