Tree Planting in Java
In Java a fruit tree is planted on the birth of each child, and is carefully tended as the record of his or her age.
Turkish Superstition About the Geranium
The Turks believe that the geranium was originally a swallow, and that its existence was changed by a touch from the robe of Mahomet.
Four-leaved Clover
For centuries it has been considered lucky to find a four-leaved clover. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,” says: “That if a man, walking in the fields, find any foure-leaved grasse, he shall in a small while after find some good thing.”