She tied the corn in a kerchief and carried it next her heart lest some of the precious grains should slip away.
"The Green Forest Fairy Book"
Loretta Ellen Brady
When spring was come at last, she traveled with it through the Westland Kingdom and planted a single grain in the center of each province, until her kerchief was empty.
"The Green Forest Fairy Book"
Loretta Ellen Brady
There is Cushion-Kate sitting at the stone door-sill; both hands pressed to her temples, and her head bent down, so that the red kerchief almost touches her knee.
"Landolin"
Berthold Auerbach