How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 104
be unfamiliar to someof our readers, the accom-panying illustration will helpthem recognize the weed. A pretty charm for thewatch-chain can be made ofthe coal which is to bring thefinder such good luck,* byhaving it cut to a proper sizeand shape, and a gold or sil-ver band put around it. Thiswill… … Where my roots are intertwinedLo, the magic coal you find.Buried deep beneath the sand,Waiting for your favored hand, * Cannel coal is the best to use, for it is hard, will take a high polishlike jet, and can be carved with a pen-knife. 88 Summer. I have held it free from harm ;Take, and wear the…
