“So the shamrock is the National emblem of Irish people,” said Billy.
“Yes,” said Somebody. “And it is said that no snake can live where it grows.
“Perhaps if one will take the trouble to think it out, one may find in that belief the idea of faith and loyalty and love of country for which the Irish people are noted, and that emblematically it means that no traitor to Ireland can live near the Shamrock.”
“I see,” said the boy named Billy, “they feel as we do about our Eagle, don’t they?”
Lent
“WISH I had somebody to go skating with,” said Billy one winter afternoon.
“Where’s Bob White?” asked Big Sister looking up from her book.
“It’s Ash-Wednesday, and his folks are Catholics,” said the boy named Billy, “and they have after school services. What is Ash-Wednesday and what does it mean, any way?”