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a chain of flowers wearing victory, mourning, and welcome all at once
means A garland is a wreath or rope of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn around the head or neck or hung up as a decoration, often to mark honor, celebration, or remembrance.
from From Old French 'garlande,' a wreath of flowers — a word that drifted into Middle English and stayed. Its deeper roots are murky; it's possibly tied to a Germanic source, though scholars don't fully agree, so the trail goes pleasantly soft before it reaches the soil. What's certain is the long life of the thing itself: people have been twisting flowers into circles and crowning each other with them for far longer than any written word for it.
- olympic origin
- ancient victors wore woven wreaths, not medals
- hawaiian lei
- removing one before the giver sees insults them
- funeral duty
- draped on Hindu pyres and Roman graves alike
- judy too
- Frances Gumm became Judy Garland onstage
- word root
- comes from old Frankish for 'adornment'
garland texas — city in dallas county with population of 246,000, third largest in texas
judy garland — american actress and singer, starred in wizard of oz 1939
garland county arkansas — county in central arkansas containing hot springs national park