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I wisht I knowd where to find a bed of mullen.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration
Why, dey blood kin make you-all's look lak mullen sap, an' dey manners, even if dey ain' nothin' but hosses, jist natchelly mak' yo' light clean outer sight.
From Peggy Stewart at School by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
Carolyn May pulled the unsightly weeds from about the little, lozenge-shaped stones and about the taller one, and she dug out a mullen plant that grew on one of the graves.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
Frank said he would make a coffin for it, and Fanny picked mullen leaves to wrap around it.
From Frank and Fanny by Clara Jessup Moore, Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore
He made his way from field to field, stopping sometimes to look off at the distant mountains then at the sky or to whack the dry stalks of mullen with his cane.
From Eben Holden, a tale of the north country by Irving Bacheller
