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May – Hawthorn Flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It’s bad luck to buy, make or use a new broom in May because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweep with a broom that is cut in May
You’ll sweep the head of the house away.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you can give good luck to a friend by leaving a branch of hawthorn flowers on the doorstep. But other woody messages were not so friendly according to traditional verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alder for a scrowler; pear for the fair<\/em>
Nut for a Slut; plum for the glum
Bramble if she ramble; gorse for the whores<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is basically rhyming slang, so no great wisdom involved, also I’m not sure quite how some of the rhymes work, and it does seem rather at the expense of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s bad luck to buy, make or use a new broom in May because: Sweep with a broom that is cut in MayYou’ll sweep the head of the house away. But you can give good luck to a friend by leaving a branch of hawthorn flowers on the doorstep. But other woody messages were not … <\/p>\n

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