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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 101, 30 April 1908, Page 8

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A WORLD-WlDß^^Mfc It appears thaiUthH^^K&f^l^ru had a regular Ww^ 99togBa&£ records by means t 6i TfrfcajMfcaHiEos of string knotted, in a pßJj|B||P&y-. The use of knots asSnplmders i» not quite obsolete, as wil common enough even now to m&Be a knot in one's handkerchief, if oa:> i 3 to be' remembered. It'as curious if this custom is really a survival 6', the Peruvian Quipu! A form of knotted record is i:&*d among several of the tribes :n the Pacific Islands, and the Jewish I'Taleth," or scarf has fringes which imply certain facts. The ordinary rosary with its ten heads for Aye Marias and single O'l^s tor Pater Nosters has also something in cpmmon with knots, and possibly the abacus of the and the Chinese may have a similar origin. But probably these last are .only nsml a& aids in mathematical calculations. . Something analogous to the IV.jvian knots is to be found in the ta&selled and knotted fringes which adorn the ceremonial hats of <\i *aitaries in the 1-Romish Church. lYom The Book, by Cyril Davenport.