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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"Even
ash,
I
do
thee
pluck,
Hoping
thus
to
meet
good
luck;
If
no
good
luck
I
get
from
thee,
I
shall
wish
thee
on
the
tree."
And
there
is
the
following
well-known
couplet:--
"With
a
four-leaved
clover,
a
double-leaved
ash,
and
a
green-topped
leave,
You
may
go
before
the
queen's
daughter
without
asking
leave."
But,
on
the
other
hand,
the
finder
of
the
five-leaved
clover,
it
is
said,
will
have
bad
luck.
In
Scotland
[3]
it
was
formerly
customary
to
carry
on
the
person
a
piece
of
torch-fir
for
good
luck--a
superstition
which,
Mr.
Conway
remarks,
is
found
in
the
gold-mines
of
California,
where
the
men
tip
a
cone
with
the
first
gold
they
discover,
and
keep
it
as
a
charm
to
ensure
good
luck
in
future.
Nuts,
again,
have
generally
been
credited
with
propitious
qualities,
and
have
accordingly
been
extensively
used
for
divination.
In
some
mysterious
way,
too,
they
are
supposed
to
influence
the
population,
for
when
plentiful,
there
is
said
to
be
a
corresponding
increase
of
babies.
In
Russia
the
peasantry
frequently
carry
a
nut
in
their
purses,
from
a
belief
that
it
will
act
as
a
charm
in
their
efforts
to
make
money.
Sternberg,
in
his
"Northamptonshire
Glossary"
(163),
says
that
the
discovery
of
a
double
nut,
"presages
well
for
the
finder,
and
unless
he
mars
his
good
fortune
by
swallowing
both
kernels,
is
considered
an
infallible
sign
of
approaching
'luck.'
The
orthodox
way
in
such
cases
consists
in
eating
one,
and
throwing
the
other
over
the
shoulder."
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