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ible ful and happy union to the couple. There 
ve bt were one or two other superstitions attached 
ee to this plant. It was believed by our an- 
ik estors, that if a mother bound hazel-twigs 
dint to the back of her child’s head, they would 
pe change grey eyes to, hazel. 
a The hazel-rod or twig was also supposed 
sri to have a power of divination, by which 
ou springs of water and veins of minerals could 
> Hone be discovered. But this power was only 
by i manifested in the hands of one gifted with 
all vl! a sympathetic touch on the twig. In the 
| hand of an ordinary mortal the hazel-stick 
ling 0 remained a hazel-stick, and nothing more; 
ke set in the hands of a “medium,” as we should 
a gol say now, it would, though loosely held, be 
ich mi attracted as if by an irresistible force to the 
othschl earth, immediately above the spot where 
nest Col water, or a mineral vein (but chiefly water), 
| was to be found. 
ciliate Rosemary deserves especial mention in 
ment i this flower record, because it shares with 
ho bu Rue the honour of a place amongst Shake- 
e a pel speare’s sweet memory of flowers. Its Latin 

