Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 102
rily.Whether it became the national flower from this legend orbecause it has been regarded as a safeguard from unholyinfluences from an early period, is not known. The legend on the flag until the time of King Louis VII, who had avision which caused him to change the toads to fleur-de-lys, the… … A HEADING. BY DOROTHY WOODS, AGE 14. (SILVER BADGE.) that St. Patrick drove all reptiles out of Ireland probablystarted from the belief that no serpent can touch the sham-rock. Toads, spearheads, bees, and lilies have variously beenstated as the symbols of France, although the fleur-de-lyshas been…
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