We had an amazing mushroom and carrot soup (who would have thought those two things would go together so well???) and I was inspired to make the next guest in my animal pictures database a ladybird!
Ilana is a total ladybird addict and has a whole bunch of ladybird stuff in her flat (cuddly ladybirds, ladybird stationery and so on).
Some quick ladybird facts:
- In Yiddish, the ladybird is known as "Little Cow of Our Sage Moses"
- In English, the ladybird was originally called "Our Lady's Bird" and has a history of association with the Virgin Mary
- There are more than 5000 species of ladybird
- According to one Italian custom, it is said to be good luck if ladybird flies into a bedroom.
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| An ornamental ladybird from Barcelona |
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| Huge cuddly ladybird |
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| Ladybird clip thing on a spring |
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