Evil spirits were once said to lurk in lettuce-beds, and a certain species was regarded with ill favour by mothers, a circumstance which, Mr. Folkard rightly suggests, may account for a Surrey saying, "O'er much lettuce in the garden will stop a young wife's bearing."

Sprinkle Lettuce with the dice of cooked bacon and just before serving pour dressing over or pass it at the table.

Allow 2 lettuces for 4 or 5 persons.

The children wanted lettuces from their own garden, but the grass was too wet, so we pretended.

Cut off the stalks, and either halve or cut the lettuces into small pieces.

String beans are tied together in bundles like cigars or asparagus, and lettuce of several varieties, romaine and endive, parsnips, carrots, beets, turnips, and even potatoes, sweet and white, are shown in immaculate condition.

A nun did eat a lettuce without grace, or signing it with the sign of the cross, and was instantly possessed.

Then, as we had permission to come again, we took some of our lettuces to the chickens.

Louisa Morgan was probably the daughter of Coleridge's friend, John Morgan, of Calne, in Wiltshire, with whom the Lambs stayed in 1817the same Morgan"Morgan demigorgon"who ate walnuts better than any man Lamb knew, and munched cos-lettuce like a rabbit (see letters to Coleridge in August, 1814).