''La Magwit'' (

Antillean Creole Antillean Creole (Antillean French Creole, Kreyol, Kwéyòl, Patois) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles. Its grammar and vocabulary include elements of Carib, English, and African languages. Antillean C ...

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

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindi ...

, 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 Daisy, Daisies or DAISY may refer to: Plants * '' Bellis perennis'', the common daisy, lawn daisy or English daisy, a European species Other plants known as daisy * Asteraceae, daisy family ** ''Euryops chrysanthemoides'', African bush daisy ** ' ...

but a small magenta coloured globe flower, rather like a

clover Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (from Latin ''tres'' 'three' + ''folium'' 'leaf'), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume or pea family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus h ...

References

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