Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 22, 2025
But, on the other hand, the finder of the five-leaved clover, it is said, will have bad luck. In Scotland it was formerly customary to carry on the person a piece of torch-fir for good luck a superstition which, Mr. Conway remarks, is found in the gold-mines of California, where the men tip a cone with the first gold they discover, and keep it as a charm to ensure good luck in future.
As the astringency of Tormentil is confined chiefly to its root, it might be thought that the same circumstance would take place in this plant; but the root is found to have no other than a pleasant sweetish taste, like that of parsnip, but not so strong. POTENTILLA reptans. CINQUEFOIL, OR FIVE-LEAVED GRASS. Root.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking