On the subject of daffodils, did you know that a historic name for them is lent lilies? Specifically, this name refers to a wild daffodil of Britain and northern Europe, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, which looks like a primitive version of the modern trumpet daffodils. They have naturalized and grow in roadside ditches and abandoned lots here in the South.
On another note, I've read that the word "lent" used to mean simply "spring" and did not necessarily refer to the Church season of quadragesima. So, we might think of these rather as "spring lilies."
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