Zurich Herald, 1957-05-02, Page 7Good Luck Lasted
Six Hundred. Years
Great estates are broken up,
huge fortunes'. dissolve in death
duties and taxation, but for
nearly 600 years the lords of
Muncaster Castle have kept
their lands and their prosperity
-- and they say it is all due to
a lucky glass bowl in their
drawing -room.
„Back in the year 1461, when
King Henry VI was in flight af-
ter the battle of Towton, kind-.
yy shepherds guided him to the
castle, where he was welcomed
so hospitably that the king de-
eided to give his host his dear-
est possession.
As long as the family kept the
bowl intact, he explained, they
would prosper and never lack
a close male heir.
The king ,had no sooner part-
ed with the bowl than he met
disaster. His wife was made
Captive, his son stabbed to death
Ind Henry himself died in the
Tower of London.
But whenever the lords of
Muncaster went to war they
were seldom scratched. They
hiled up fortunes; married rich
eiresses; couldn't go wrong.
Even in 1957 the present own-
er, Sir John Ramsden, is living
into a serene old age, owner
of 150,000 acres and landlord
of four country estates.
Scientists and scholars have
studied the Luck of Muncaster
-- as the greenish glass bowl
is called — without discover-
ing its inward secret.
A Muncaster heir once drop-
ped the casket containing the
bowl, and feared he had brok-
en it. And for forty years the
family did not dare ' to open
the casket in case they found
their Luck in fragments!
In the same way, the Lyon
Cup, a goblet fashioned like a
lion, is said to ensure the luck
of the Bowes -Lyon family and
is now in the treasured posses-
sion of the young Earl of
Strathmore, the Queen Mother's
,nephew.
Family curses have sometimes
carried doom or disaster
through generations. But for-
tunately there is also this hap-
pier side of the picture — the
family luck that has inexplic-
ably guaranteed good fortune.
The Luck of Edenhall, for in-
stance, is said to have brought
the Musgrave family a heaped
measure of good luck since the
Middle Ages. The legend goes
that the family butler surprised
a group . of fairies at a :drink
ling party at a near -by well.
They scattered at his approach
but left the cup behind them
and fairy voices on the wind
deemed to whisper the words ,
"If this cup should break or
fall
Farewell the Luck of
Edenhall."
At one time the Duke of
Wharton used to amuse himself
challenging their fury by drain-
ing the goblet and then fling-
ing it high in the air. Now
Eden Hall has become a girls'
school but the luck is reputed
to extend to its pupils.
What happens to all the lucky
pennies in the world? Nobody
knows, but perhaps when they
accidentally change hands they
impart good fortune to new
owners.
In one case, where a lucky
penny was watched through the
years, its power lasted six cen-
turies — and it's still going
strong.
The saga can be traced to the
days when a band of Scottish
knights took an Arabian chief
prisoner in the holy wars and
YO -HO -SEW — German actress
Ingeborg Schoener, on location
near Florence, Italy, treasures
a neat appearance. The tiny
pirate -chest earring she's model-
ing holds three tiny spools of
thread, a thimble, needles and
several pins for use iri making
emergency repairs to her cos-
tume.
his aged mother came to their
camp to redeem her son by pay-
ing ransom.
As she fumbled with the gold
coins in her purse, the penny
fell out — and she showed such
haste to recover it that the
canny knight guessed at its
value and astutely added it to
the ransom.
The mother not only agreed,
but explained that the coin had
magic properties. If it was dip-
ped in water "three times with
a swirl," the lotion could cure
Trot only all diseases in cattle
but was equally effective
against the bite of a mad dog.
Sir Simon Lockhart of Lee
took the penny- home to Clyde-
side. Sure enough whenever
cattle, or even neighbours, were
sick it brought about swift
cures and soon achieved a
nation-wide reputation.
The family waxed rich by
selling flagons of water in
which the penny had been
swirled. Farmers hung bottles
of it from the rafters of their
cowsheds. The Church Assem-
bly even investigated the mat-
ter and decided that the penny
possibly fell into the category
of "herbs with many virtues."
Meanwhile, the family found
that the penny not only
achieved cures and brought
them prosperity,.but also ap-
peared to ward off misfortune.
When cattle plague threatened
the prosperous markets of New-
castle, the corporation asked if
they could borrow the penny.
Before parting with the pen-
ny Sir James Lockhart — Si-
mon's • descendant — demanded
that it should be insured for
£ 6,000.
Subsequently Newcastle Cor-
poration offered to pay this
sum if they could keep the coin.
But the offer was refused.
Even in this present century
the penny proved its curative
properties. A member of a
shooting party at Lee gashed
his hand badly while struggling
to open a bottle, and came down
to dinner that evening com-
plaining he could not stop the
bleeding.
His host opened the safe, pro-
duced the penny and placed it in
a basin of water. Then he ;rade
the guest plunge his hand, band-
aged as it was, into the water
and rest it there for some, time.
Next day the wound was com-
pletely healed except for a
small scar.
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST Kokomo, the celebrated painting
chimpanzee, jumps in exultation after finishing his latest work,
tying on the table. He may never challenge the masters, but
the 1712 -year-old chimp is apparently delighted at his efforts
to make monkeys out of his fellow artists.
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COMFOsTs
Every garden should have a
compost heap say the experts
but they never explain how we
can squeeze this valuable asset
into a tiny garden where we are
already cramped for space. A
compost heap is valuable arid
if there is room, we should
. have one down at the back by
all means. But it can be a bit
of trouble and mess where the
backyard is small. In that case,
the thing to do is simply to bury
weeds, grass clippings, and any-
thing else that will rot quickly
between the rows of vegetables
or flowers. We do not bury deep-
ly, but with a few inches of.
soil. Anything that will rot has
some fertilizer value and it
makes humus which keeps soil
open.
If we have a bit more room,
then we sl}ould have a regular'.
compost heap. Here we simply'
pile in shallow layers anything
that will rot quickly and we
cover with soil . to help the rot-
ting and keep away flies and
neighbors' d o g s. Rotting or
breaking down can be speeded
by adding commercial fertilizer
and possibly some of the special ,
chemical preparations to assist
nature in the breaking down pro-
cess. The top of the heap should
be kept flat to absorb rain and
prevent drying out and in dry
weather it is a good plan to
soak occasionally with the hose.
After a few months in the com-
post heap all this refuse will
break down into excellent fine
garden soil.
AVOID THESE
Two of the commonest mis-
takes in gardening are planting
too deep and too close together.
The general rule for depth is
three times the diameter . of the
seed. For tiny teed like that of
portulaca or alyssum or lettuce,
this means simply sowing on top
of the soil and pressing in light-
ly. To spread more evenly, we
may mix seed with sand before
we sow. For bigger seed say :the
size of peas or corn, half to an
inch deep will be about right.
Potatoes, gladiolus and dahlias h'
go down from six to twelve
inches.
As for spacing,the size oi?'the'
seed has nothing to do •
Even tiny seeded things
alyssum or.portulaoa, Qr,p
require space to develop"proper..
ly. The safe rule is at least half
as much space between sprouted
full grown. With small flowers,
least a couple of inches between
plants as they will be high when
and vegetables this means at
and with say zinnias, peas, beans,
etc., four to six inches. With
dahlias, corn, tomatoes, this
should be at least 12 to 18 inches.
NO HURRY
•
If the spring is late, one should
not fret. in the first place fret-
ting will not help bring the
warm days any faster and sec-
ondly there is still plenty of
time anywhere in Canada to
have a fine garden, even if we
can't get a spade in the ground
until late May. Indeed there are
several quick growing things
which will make abundant bloom
or fine meals for the table even
if planted in June. The experts,
incidentally, always warn the
beginner to take it easy, to pre-
pare the soil well, and wait until
the spring weather has really
arrived. Of course, one should
get nursery stock and some of
the hardier sorts of flowers and
vegetables planted as' soon as
possible, but the main sowings
are best postponed until around
this time or even later.
Spreading the plantings, too,
over a fairly long period, right
up to July in the warmer parts
of Canada, is always advisable.
In this way the harvest of
flowers and vegetables is spread
out too.
SET -BACK FOR SALESMAN
Go-ahead salesman Harold
Hester believed in high pres-
sure sales talk when canvassing
prospective buyers of his water -
softening equipment. To this end
he exhibited selection of gall-
stones in proof of what might
happen if they refused to place
an order.
Recently, however, he lost
part of his weighty argument.
The 49 gall -stones belonged to
Viola Fredieu and she success-
fully sued for their return in
court.
Tommy was a guest at a party.
at which the refreshments were
lavish. The hostess spotted him
sitting in a corner. "Won't you
have something more, Tommy?"
she asked.
"No, thank you," he replied,
"I'm, full."
"Well," suggested the hostess,
"put some fruit and cake in your
pockets to eat on the way home."
"No, thank you," came the re-
ply, "they're fuII, too,"
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