The day’s eye and a cup of butter
Did you ever wonder how some wild flowers got their names?
The daisy looks somewhat like an eye. And, like an eye, it opens up at
the beginning of each day. So, long ago in England, people named it
“day’s eye.” In time, the name became daisy.
The buttercup got its name because it looks like a cup made of yellow
butter. Long ago, people believed that butter was yellow because cows
ate buttercups. But that’s not true. Butter does get its color from what
cows eat, but cows don’t eat buttercups.
