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BILBERRY   “Treachery”             This is also the whortleberry, and was originally a chap named Myrtillus.  Pelops was racing his chariot against that of Myrtillus’s master, and bribed Myrtillus to sabotage the man’s chariot.  Pelops, on winning the race, killed Myrtillus for betraying his master.  Pelops was a man of principle, see.  Myrtillus, as a sonContinue reading “Ranunculus to You, Bilberry to Broom”