willow The willow has long been associated with sorrow and lost love. In times gone by it was customary for people in mourning to wear sprigs of willow to indicate their loss. The idea behind this was that the tree, to which grieving comes as second nature, would relieve the pain of the loss by assuming it itself. Anyone who reveals secrets beneath a willow tree runs the risk of hearing the same secrets repeated by the wind.
-taken from Dictionary of Superstitions by David Pickering, 1995
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