A shepherd, while leading his flock over the Ilsentein, pauses to rest, but immediately the mountain opens by reason of the springwort or luck-flower in the staff on which he leans.
It flutters up to the tree-trunk holding the springwort to the wedge, which at once, as if struck by a hammer, jumps out with a bang.
In Swabia some people say that the bird which brings the springwort is not the woodpecker but the hoopoe (E.
In the Harz Mountains they say that many years ago there was a wondrous flower called springwort or Johnswort, which was as rare as it was marvellous.
The superstition which associates the springwort with the woodpecker is very ancient, for it is recorded by Pliny.
The woodpecker meantime has flown away but very soon returns with the springwort in its bill.
It is from its power of springing or bursting open all doors and locks that thespringwort derives its name (German Springwurzel).
M55 The mythicalspringwort supposed to bloom on Midsummer Eve.
M56) However, the usual account given of the springwort is somewhat different.
In Swabia, the Springwort is regarded as a plant embodying electricity or lightning; but the Hoopoe takes the place of the Woodpecker in employing the herb for blasting and removing offensive obstacles.
In the Oberpfalz, the Springwort is called Johanniswurzel, because it is there believed that it can only be found among the Fern on St. John's Night.
The Springwort is procured by plugging up the hole in a tree in which a green or black woodpecker has its nest with young ones in it.
Kelly says,--"The summer solstice is a favourite season for gathering plants of the lightning tribe, and particularly the springwort and fern.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "springwort" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
