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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 Gi ecian 
deity Saturn, but as the other days of the 
week owe their names to the Scandinavians, 
it is most reasonable to surmise that this da} 
was named after the Saxon idol p^tep. 
