An apple?

Here’s what they say…

1. A symbol for immortality.

2. In the biblical story of Adam and Eve it meant forbidden fruit.

3. In the language of flowers it symbolizes love, youth, beauty and happiness.

4. Apples were highly valued by the ancient Celts because of their ability to keep over a long period of time thus symbolizing the presence of love, even long past the time of peak ripeness.

5. Of course we’ve all heard an apple a day keeps the doctor away…

6. Folklore says… Villagers of Medieval England would select the largest apple tree in the orchard, and hang cider-soaked pieces of toast on its branches to attract robins. To those villagers, robins were considered the good spirits of the tree. Then, to drive away the evil spirits, the people would gather throughout the orchard and fire many blasts from their shotguns.

7. Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight, used an apple on the cover because she loved the phrase – the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. “The nice thing about the apple is it has so many symbolic roots. You’ve got the apple in Snow White, one bite and you’re frozen forever in a state of not-quite-death… Then you have Paris and the golden apple in Greek mythology—look how much trouble that started. Apples are quite the versatile fruit. In the end, I love the beautiful simplicity of the picture. To me it says: choice.”

8. We all know New York City as the Big Apple.

9. Norse mythology depicted the apple as the food of the gods, and it was used to symbolize eternal youth.

I say… I love all the above and my new tattoo.