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purple willow

On-Yomi: ヨウ

Koohii stories:

1) [mantixen] 26-7-2009(35): Because it's easy to spot, a purple willow is the tree that marks where my piggy bank is.

2) [Green_Airplane] 11-3-2010(11): I hid my piggy bank under a willow tree. Then I thought 'how am I gonna find it later?' So I painted the willow purple. 'Wait a sec, now everyone's gonna be able to find it!" So I painted all the other willows purple as well. Now I'm in trouble…

3) [Megaqwerty] 20-6-2007(11): Normally, I can resist the cries of a weeping willow, but this one, she was a purple willow! I just couldn't let the poor tree sit there, so I gave her my piggy bank.

4) [kapalama] 1-11-2010(1): 爪楊枝 , 楊枝 , 楊子 , 楊柳 , purple willow (#2473 楊) ヨウ, やなぎ … Parts: 木 , 昜 (cf: 傷 wound (#996 傷), 膿瘍 /study/kanji/30221 (#30221 瘍),etc) … Similars: 柳 willow (#1421 柳), 楊 purple willow (#2473 楊), (Both Yanagi) … Story: Catherine Willows is a plastic surgery disaster. Now she looks like the Purpley Willows : Wooden face, bloated leather Piggy Bank skin. (and she s as skinny as a toothpick 楊枝 ).

5) [gavmck] 27-2-2010(1): There was once a credit card called Access with the slogan "Your flexible friend". Willow wood is noted for being very flexible. This is why willow is the wood of choice for piggy banks. Purple willow wood piggy banks are the best because they change colour depending on your financial state be it "in the red" or "in the black". When you use it for the first time, it is neither red nor black but some colour in between i.e. purple.

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