Violets are edible, and are often used to decorate salads, or sprinkled over fish or poultry. They are also often candied in sugar and eaten on their own or used to decorate pastries, or distilled into a sweet syrup used to make violet-flavored treats or liqueurs.

Learn more about December's flower, the narcissus.

Norse mythology had its own explanation for why winter is so dark. Learn more!

A palindrome is a term for when a word or phrase is spelled the same way backward as it is forward. Some examples include level, kayak, civic, and radar. But number sequences, dates, and times may also be palindromes: 5/20/2025 and 11:11. Palindrome dates are especially notable because they are rare. For this reason, they

Will-o-the-wisps are spooky floating lights believed to lead unwary travelers to their doom. Learn more!

Learn what the Algonquin tribes believed was the cause behind the changing colors of fall.

In ancient China, it was once believed that a dragon controlled the rain.

Learn all about the history and folklore attached to the gladiolus, August's official flower.

The ancient Greeks believed the Sun traveled across the sky in a flaming chariot pulled by four fiery, winged horses. Learn more!

July is the start of many summer events that prompted a wave of weather folklore sayings. See the list!