Here's a gorgeous vintage Rose in Hand from the The Graphics Fairy
So, who was St. Valentine after all? Here's a great article from the BBC on him.
His bones are placed in a Whitefriar's Street Church in Dublin and I have visited many times with my special requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/saints/valentine.shtml
The Valentine's Day card began around 1500 and took off in the Victorian Times when printed cards advanced with the technology of the day. I'm reminded of being a school girl when we sent and were sent (if we were lucky) Valentine's cards covered in verses. The bigger the card, the better. We'd spend months collecting and swapping verses and the name of the game was to remain anonymous. We often had to think up ways of delivering cards to 'heart throbs' because we wouldn't know where they live. Aaah, those were the days.
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