Ihe Arabs considered that shootingstare were firebrands hurled'by the angels against the inquisitive genii jvho are for ever climbing on the constellations in order to peep into hejven. One strange old belief was that "any wish' during the aatual &hoot of a star would
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 287, 4 December 1930, Page 26
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