{"id":24267,"date":"2013-05-08T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=24267"},"modified":"2013-05-01T10:36:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T14:36:01","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-nosegay-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2013\/uncommon-knowledge-nosegay-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: What does your nosegay say about you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/birth-month-flower-necklace?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23138_zoom1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Birth Month Flower Necklace | UncommonGoods\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23138_zoom1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23138_zoom1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23138_zoom1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23138_zoom1-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Is your nosegay sweet and sentimental? Seeking for glory? Or out for revenge? And why such a strange name for a seemingly innocent little bouquet of flowers? The word originated in the 15th century, when the term \u201cgay\u201d meant \u201cornament.\u201d So a nosegay is a decoration designed to appeal to the nose as much as the eyes. The Victorians, however, were ready to sniff out all kinds of meaning from their bouquets. Each flower had its own meaning, and could be combined into elaborate, symbolic messages. We still accept that a red rose means \u201cpassion\u201d or \u201cromance,\u201d but you could also use amaranth for \u201ceternal love,\u201d jasmine for \u201cunconditional love,\u201d and jonquil as a cry of unrequited love. Not all nosegays were romantic, however. Asphodel signaled regret, begonia was a warning, and red clover symbolized an industrious nature. Wishing to end a relationship? Present your companion with a bouquet of \u201ccold-hearted\u201d lettuce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/birth-month-flower-necklace?source=blog\">Birth Month Flower Necklace, $48<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your nosegay sweet and sentimental? Seeking for glory? Or out for revenge?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":24268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}