"Find a penny, pick it up, and all day you have good luck," as my mum used to say when we were kids.
Or
"Find a penny, pick it up, and all day you have a penny," as a friend of mine used to parody.
But what use is a penny these days? You can't even spend it to go to the toilet. It's just a wee copper disc with the Queen's head on one side, and something random on the 'tail'.
Well, apparently it can be used, as I found out recently, both for perking up left over red wine (yes, I know we've discussed this), but also for perking up your tulips.
I hadn't realised this of course until my ever knowledgeable mother popped over. She spied the slightly droopy looking tulips I'd given my wife for Mothering Sunday, and immediately fished around in her pocket for a penny, dropping it in the water at the bottom of the vase.
A couple of hours later, the sad and droopy looking tulips had sprung to attention.
Copper penny = viagra for tulips. Who knew?
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