How it was explained to me in Slovakia is that even number goes on the grave.
Which sucks, because I like even numbers and dislike odd.
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TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
It’s the same in all post-soviet countries I think :3
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Give them an even number of yellow roses. It’ll be fine because yellow symbolizes friendship, so there’s no way it’ll be misinterpreted.
Eastern European mafia types sometimes give an even number of roses to their friends so it must be fine!
Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 weeks ago
It is also present in France, i heard about never making an even bouquet, and judging by the internet, it's because it's also meant for funerals.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
From what I knew it’s because you bought an even number, kept one (that’s the important part) and offered the (now odd) bouquet. When your flower had wilted, you knew you could offer another one.
Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 weeks ago
That would make sense ! When i heard about it, it was florists advising to buy an even number from the start, so the meaning of it probably got lost somewhere, but i like the explanation.
cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Not in Lithuania.
ekg@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m Lithuanian and I have an early childhood memory of gifting somebody four dandelions for birthday and my parents told me it should be an odd number of flowers for a gift. I don’t think I’ve heard it mentioned since, but it’s a thing. I don’t think most people would care either way, at worst a florist might have a shifty look if you buy an even number of flowers.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Nee, lietuvoj yra x3… man daug kartu teko susidurt su tuo :3
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
is that a thing in poland? never heard of it
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Image laflora.pl/ile-kwiatow-w-bukiecie
My polish isn’t great, but if google translate did it’s job, it looks to be at least somewhat of a thing :3
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
seems you’re right! huh!
didn’t know there was so much flower lore
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
It’s like a whole hidden world :3… generally I think it depends a lot on the area and on the age group, and other factors, like this kind of superstition isn’t as common in younger people or in bigger cities from my anecdotal observations, so it’s really a flip of the coin if you’ve encountered it or not
SeekPie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Definitely is a thing in Estonia.
dukatos@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The same in Serbia
toofpic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yep, Russia alone is 140m people (and Romania is like 15-20 I believe). Not like I am superstitious, but I never bought even numbers of flowers so not to be misunderstood. An exception is when there is “a lot” of flowers, then nobody cares.
theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not a thing im hungary? What does even number of roses mean?
Zateros@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s quite present here in Eastern Hungary. Countless times was asked by my older relatives if I made sure to buy odd numbers of roses for my gf
theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Budapesten még látni se láttam még ilyet…
HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Én már hallottam róla, lehet vidéki szokás ami erősen kikopóban van
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Missing out, it was a great way to get extra free flowers as a kid lol :3
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How do you know they weren’t originally budgeting on giving you 4 but dropped it down to 3?
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Well the way I did it when buying flowers as a kid was I’d go in, ask the price for whatever I wanted, and then ask for 2, and the florist would be like “oh you can’t have 2, evens are for funerals” so I’d say I don’t want just 1 just I want it to look like a bigger bouquet, and I only have pocket change for 2, and the florist being nice would throw in a 3rd (usually cheaper tbf) flower in for free :3
theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
（ 。ω ゜）