Garland

Garland

A garland is a decorative wreath or cord, used at festive occasions, which can be hung round a person's neck, or on inanimate objects like Christmas trees. Originally garlands were made of flowers or leaves.

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Famous quotes containing the word garland:

    Hear, my child, your father’s instruction, and do not reject your mother’s teaching; for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
    Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 1:8-9.

    There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers’ wives.
    —Hamlin Garland (1860–1940)

    I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
    —Judy Garland (1922–1969)