''La Magwit'' (

Antillean Creole Antillean French Creole (also known as Lesser Antillean Creole, Kreyol, or Patois) is a French-based creole languages, French-based creole language that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles caribbean. Its grammar and vocabulary include ele ...

for "The Marguerite") is one of the two historic cultural associations (''societés'') of

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

, and also the name of the society's yearly festival held every October 17. The "marguerite" referred to by the name is not a daisy but a small magenta coloured globe flower, rather like a

clover Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest diversit ...

References

* *Anthony, Patrick A.B. (1985). ''The flower festivals of St. Lucia''. Folk Research Centre: St. Lucia Society of Saint Lucia Culture of Saint Lucia {{SaintLucia-stub