Show MET WITH TRAMPS FAVOR rustom of leaving sheaf had H s ent re apr approval roval A tramp said as he slapped his arms aring with his hands to warm arm them dunn durin harvest I 1 found myself in sassafras sassy tras fras kent rent county md sassy tras fras Is a farm kentry I 1 seen many a fine farm down there Har garvestin Hary estin vestin was finished on these farms ind and yet in every field I 1 seen a sheaf f gram grain I 1 stopped and looked at one 0 them sheaves and a young woman oman wot had been comm comin ud the road stopped beside me the strangers sheaf she said I 1 said the stranger strangers s sheaf I 1 didn dian t know what to make of her I 1 examined her closely she was pret ty with a white skin and good clothes and isaas I 1 says wot s all this about the stranger strangers s sheafe why says she all the farmers hereabouts leave in each field when they harvest one sheaf called the stranger strangers s sheaf this belongs to the first stranger that comes along he can an dochat he pleases with it sell it or cart it off pr or give it awaa awa but its hissen then ays I 1 does this here sheaf belong to in e 9 sure says she A 6 wot S the idea of the thing I 1 says its it s for luck she explained the farmers think the stranger stran gets s sheaf gives them good luck its a french custom all over france in harvest time you 11 find strangers sheaves baitin for the strangers to come come and take them my father s a frenchman he the custom here well sir I 1 made over a dollar out of them strangers sheaves in sassy fras you bet I 1 go to sassy fras again next year boston post |