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Part of a series of videos on the folklore, symbolism and Mythology of various flowers, plants, herbs and trees of Britain, Ireland and Northern Europe.

The Blue Bell has a myriad of folk names, the Dead Man's Bell, The Fairy Bell, the Crow Foot or the Cuckoo Bell. Most of these names denote an association with Spring and Early Summer, with the Celtic fire Festival of Beltane, or Beltaine otherwise known as May Day. A Festival of fertility when the spirit world and ancestors are close at hand.

This is why the Bluebell also is strongly associated with Fairies, the fey, the elves, the sídhe the fair folk, the good people, whatever you want to call them.

It is strongly associated with magic, wicca, witchcraft band and spell lore.

It is a protected species in Britain where most of the worlds population of the bluebell reside.