Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 221
rs ago when the seventeen-year cicada was atWashington, the sparrows killed large numberson the Smithsonian grounds. They attacked theinsects soon after they left the larva cases andbefore they were strong enough to fly. — Dr. A.K. Fisher. DIVINING FOR WATER Rochester, N. H.Dear St. Nicholas: There… … holding the forked twig indivining for water. From Myths and Myth Makers. Courtesy of Houghton, Mifflin & Company. have seen apparently successfully performed, though with-out being able to do it myself. A forked twig is cut from a sweet-apple-tree and held,the fork extending downward, in an…
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