Lost Purses
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As a boy my husband and his family always holidayed in a small Welsh coastal town. He and his brother were walking along the stretch of sand dunes looking for golf balls from the adjacent links. They found a small purse containing a few coins and a slip of paper with the name of the owner and a local address, also a holiday cottage. When returning it to the address the recipient was pleased but puzzled and explained that she had lost a purse that day but this one was one she had lost the previous year. They laughed over the coincidence -- but on walking back the two boys found the other one also -- stuck in some marram grass.
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:58:11 +0000Coincidence ID:4154
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