34 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



shipped by most of the German tribes, and 

 her principal temple was at Upsal. 



SATURDAY. 



" I have given you every herb bearing seed, and every 

 tree, in which is the fruit." 



The hieroglyphic leaf for Saturday is there- 

 fore filled with fruit. 



" The toil-worn cotter frae his labour goes. 

 This night his weekly moil is at an end ; 

 Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes. 

 Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend," 



Burns. 



Etymologists disagree respecting the deri- 

 vation of the word Saturday. Some suppose 

 it to have been so called after the Grecian 

 deity Saturn, but as the other days of the 

 week owe their names to the Scandinavians, 

 it is most reasonable to surmise that this day 

 was named after the Saxon idol faetep. 



