The phrase, "a baker's dozen, or commonly known as thirteen, is said to have originated in Italy, though there it is called "a, cobbler s dozen. There is a tradition that in Italy there was formerly a law compelling cobblers to put twelve naife, round the edge ot a boot-heel, and that when the nails were cheap a thirteenth was to be driven in the centre for luck.
Seven hundred Belgian children recently passed through Berne bound for Belgium by the newly-opened route. Nearly 2000 young refugees have been received and cared for, and in many cases educated, by the Swiea. . ■. ■ ■
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9653, 9 July 1919, Page 5
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