Stride Bruising

[curious4]

Hello Lynn,

Well, a geranium by any other name......

C4

[curious4]

Geraniums

Hello Wickerman,

Dickens mentions geraniums as buttonhole flowers several times. And there are many varieties of scented geraniums, from lemon and orange to eau de cologne.

Best wishes.
C4

[lynn cates]

OK

Hello Jon. Yes, dahlias would work. It is also suggested that the fern was asparagus.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

right

Hello Cris.

"he went back to the mortuary on Tuesday and Wednesday to keep an eye on any and all marks on the deceased for any changes in them."

Precisely.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

stinky

Hello C4. Well, a geranium might have been unbearable.

Cheers.
LC

[curious4]

Geraniums

Hello Wickerman,

Dickens mentions geraniums as buttonhole flowers several times. And there are many varieties of scented geraniums, from lemon and orange to eau de cologne.

Best wishes.
C4

[Wickerman]

Hello all,

Red rose backed with a maidenhair fern. Late in the season for roses, so probably a hot-house flower.

Dahlia's was also suggested, and there was a red & white Dahlia, and it was the season for Dahlia's, too late for Roses, and Geraniums not only stink, they die almost as soon as they are cut, so this flower is not suitable for a buttonhole.
Dahlia is the more likely..

Regards, Jon S.

[curious4]

Since

Hello Hunte

"Since" could also mean previously, and my argument was that he could have meant just that. That he had seen such bruising twice before. In principle he could have visited the mortuary again for comparison. I was voted down though!

.Best wishes,
C4

[Hunter]

When Mr. Phillips described the 'bluish discoloration' and added, "...which I have watched and have seen on two occasions since," that is what he meant; that he went back to the mortuary on Tuesday and Wednesday to keep an eye on any and all marks on the deceased for any changes in them. He even made one trip back to check the victim's palate because someone brought up a rumored injury there.

[curious4]

Geranium

Sorry but nah. Don't you think anyone at the time would see the difference if it was a common practice?

Best wishes,
C4

P.S. Having taken this statement on face value, I did a bit of checking up. I wonder whether whoever came up with it is confusing a "spray of Baby's Breath" (a flower used as background to other flowers) with something actually sprayed on - different uses of the word. (check in online free dictionary)

[Cogidubnus]

Arguably the white colouration was a dressing popularly applied to buttonhole flowers at the time...

Dave

[curious4]

Geraniums

Hello again Lynn,

Actually there don't seem to be many red and white geraniums and those who come close seem to be newer varieties. There is one called Buttons n Bones, but I don't know how old the variety is. (prepare for a wave of geranium lovers itching to prove me wrong).

Lol,
C4

[Cogidubnus]

Ahhh...I knew if I waited long enough...

Dave

[curious4]

Flower

Hello Lynn,

Yes, Packer said "like a geranium", but don't you think he might have been referring to it being a buttonhole flower, as a geranium was the flower of choice if you didn't have access to hot-house flowers?

Cheers,
C4

[lynn cates]

flower

Hello C4. One witness thought a different kind of flower.

Cheers.
LC