DO YOU KNOW?
(Sent in by Tommy Flanagan, Waipaoa, Gisborne.) That ill China the ipourning colour is whilo instead of black. Years ago it was customary among pious people;, when parting from their friends, to command them to the protection of God. The old English leavetaking was "God' be with you," which, through tlio years, has been shortened, to "Good-bye."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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60DO YOU KNOW? Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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