WHAT THEY "'AWKED."
Mt. W. Reid Dick, the famous sculptor, tells an amusing story of a Cockney couple on a visit to the Royal Academy. One picture in particular attracted their attention, and they gazed at it long and earnestly. Its title in the catalogue ■was "Hawking in the Olden Days." "'Awking in the olden days," murmured the puzzled 'Enry, furrowing his brows. "Well, they didn't arf do it. Mr word, 'orseback an' all." "Rather," agreed 'Arriet. "But wot are- they 'awking?" "Blessed if I know," responded the still helpleee 'Enry, "unless they're trying to tell their parrots."
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 62, 10 September 1921, Page 14
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