Why is lilac unlucky in the house

I was brought up in Barnsley, South Yorks, where lilac was one of several plants it was unlucky to bring indoors. My husband in Irish and in May they set up an altar to the Virgin Mary and decorated it with lilac all month. My mother from Kent and paternal grandmother both believed it unlucky to bring any type of lilac indoors.

During my childhood, which was just before and during the 2nd World War, I lived in a village in Cambridgeshire. I was not all that old, but I always thought that I had caused it to happen! Join and start sharing your opinions with the world By signing up you accept our terms of use and privacy policy. Share Poll.

Poll link. Sign in Sign Up. Our Privacy Notice governs your membership of our Influencer Panel, which you can access here. Our website uses cookies. Like in the offline world, cookies make things better. To learn more about the cookies we use, check out our Cookies policy. Share your opinion and get rewarded just like riverside2. Sign up to start earning now! I picked a bunch of beautiful lilac to put in a vase, it smells lovely, but when my partner came home he said it was unlucky to have indoors, so I have put it on the garden table now!!

The wind up parasol string broke, and the garden strimmer stopped working, so the lilac got the blame!! Have you come across this superstition? Queri1 months ago No, I've never heard this said before. What a shame, 'cause it's so pretty. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.

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