I am currently reading a book set in the reign of King James (of England and
Scotland), and in one of the descriptive passages some hedgerow flowers are
described as 'gypsy lace'. I assume that this might be referring to cow
parsley, also known as Queen Anne's lace, but that is actually
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Before the flower was called 'something' lace it
must have had another name,
My grandmother always called hedge parsley / cow
parsley Break-your-mother's-heart. (Very morbid! And
I can remember in my childhood hearing elderflowers
referred to as Mother's death-bed
