She knew the cajolery to lure daredevils who would come to such a fair as she knew the approach to children whom she would sell her krathongs, banana boats of flowers and candles attached to banana LEAFS and Styrofoam sailed onto the river for good fortune during each Loi krathong festival, or Buddhist rosaries and necklaces to old women during religious holidays.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
The fly that 'lit upon thee To stretch the tendrils of its tiny feet Along thy LEAFS pure edges after heat,- If 'lighting now, would coldly overrun thee.
"The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886"
Ministry of Education
He roll, he did, en de LEAFS dey stick; Brer Rabbit roll, en de LEAFS dey stick, en he keep on rollin' en de LEAFS keep on stickin', twel atter w'ile Brer Rabbit wuz de mos' owdashus-lookin' creetur w'at you ever sot eyes on.
"Nights With Uncle Remus"
Joel Chandler Harris