FOUR-LEAVED GLOVER
t - . * » (An Old Cornish Fairy Tale, by M. Q. Kennedy-Bell.) , ... < t One evening "a maiden "set'out to" milk j cows, rather later than, usual; indeed, I the stars had begun to shine before she had completed' her task,; Daisy V (an j enchanted cow) was the last to be j milked, 'and. the pail was so full that j the milkmaid could \ hardly, lift it to 3 her head. So, to relieve ierself, she 3 gathered some handfals of grass iand g clover, and spread them on her. head in order to-carry the milk-pail more 3 easily.,. ." ..', . V ." - .";."".. . ; But no sooneri had the. clover, touched f her'■.head,than suddenly;.hundreds./. of a little, people^ appeared) surrounding Daisy, dipping their tiny hand> int& the . milk, and gathering- it" with" clover • flowers which they sucked with gusto. When., the astonished milkmaid, upon . reaching home, recounted'her wonderj ful experiences to her mistress, the^gobd housewife at once cried out: "Ah, yon , put a fonr-leayed clover. on your head!" 1 Sent by • ■ .„.'■ '■'■■■■ "ASIM" (17). t Palmerstou North. ; ■ a. --, j,, -, ,'[ •'; .•,-*-'•. ■: :'; I. .'•_-'_".. ' ■ I 0 a 5 y
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 19
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180FOUR-LEAVED GLOVER Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 19
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