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https://www.theguardian.com/environm...us-in-cornwall

St Mark's Day - also known as Cowslip Day as they are now come into bloom.
Their name is a polite form of 'cowslops' or 'cowpats'' from which they were believed to have engendered. Cowslip have long been used as an aid to beauty and for medicinal purposes.

"Cowslip flowers conserved in sugar, and also the stilled water thereof, are very good for them that are weak and brought low by long sickness; and it hath a singular property to comfort the heart."
c1568

"An oinment being made of cowslips takes away spots and wrinkles of the skin, sun-burning, and freckles, and is a great aid to beauty"
c1653