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May 29 โข ๐ Snail Mail Trivia
Did You Know ? Mailbox Edition ๐
Did you knowโฆ
In the 1800s, some pen pals would actually use ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง "๐๐ค๐๐๐จ" in their letters to send secret messages?
A pressed violet could mean ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ
A rose might mean love or ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐น
And the way a letter was folded could quietly signal how urgent the message was ๐
Letters werenโt just wordsโฆ
they were tiny layered messages wrapped in meaning, scent, and symbolism.
It was basically analogue emojiโฆ before emojis existed โจโ๏ธ
๐๐๐ผ๐ฌIf you could send a flower-coded message in a letter today, what would it sayโฆ and which flower would you choose?
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Did You Know ? Mailbox Edition ๐
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