Points From Letters

Southland Times, Issue 21850, 29 October 1932, Page 18

Points From Letters

“I have been bird-nesting in the week-end and I have found twentyfour eggs, four blackbirds, three starlings and seventeen thrushes’ eggs. I keep them in a little box, with straw to keep them from breaking. Hie trees are very hard to climb. The twigs break and the branches crackle as if they are about to break.”—Cousin Cleopatra. * * * » “A week ago a friend and I went for a most enjoyable walk. We had decided to visit the Otautau sawmill and there we could spend an enjoyable afternoon. It was quarter past two when we reached the mill, so after a brief rest we began to follow the tramline into the bush. In the bush everything was so cool and peaceful. Over our heads the stary flower of the clematis peeped from the green trees. After having gone a short distance into the bush we retraced our steps and began our homeward walk. Do you like tramping in the bush Cousin Betty ? I do.”—Cousin Doris Humphries. » » » » “I have been reading a book which tells meanings of dreams, and such-like, and really, it is ridiculous. I have had a good laugh out of it. Here is a piece:— NEW YEAR’S EVE. “On New Year’s Eve, previous to retiring to rest, pull twelve hairs from your head and plait them in the form of a ring, put them into a prayer-book at the place where the marriage service commences, taking care not to speak, and your future husband will appear to you in your dreams.” THE Ist OF JULY. “On the evening of the first of July gather a red rose, a white rose, a yellow flower, and a blue one, and sprig of myrtle, and sprig of rue and rosemary, and nine blades of long grass; bind all together with a lock of your own hair; kill a white pigeon and sprinkle some blood from the heart on the nose-gay, as well as some common salt; and lay it under your head on the pillow when you go to bed, and before the morning’s light you will have a strange and remarkable vision, plain and distinct etc., etc., etc.” Next time I am writing a Fairy story, I shall have no difficulty in making up a “magic potion.”!—Cousin Constance Fox.