A CARGO OF TEARS
The ‘ P.L.A. Monthly ’ for November mentions several strange sorts of goods which arrive in London-bound ships. Salted sheepskins came in a steamer from Iceland which sometimes brings some tons of pumice stone. For the manufacture of necklaces and mats India and Japan ship a kind of native grass having a pear-shaped fruit which is eaten in some parts of Asia. However, the dried fruit is strung into necklaces, so that your best girl may at this moment be wearing a string of “ Job’s tears ” —the trade name given to this fruit.
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Evening Star, Issue 21286, 15 December 1932, Page 7
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95A CARGO OF TEARS Evening Star, Issue 21286, 15 December 1932, Page 7
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