When Four-thirds Make One
The suggestion recently made that the eWst Riding of Yorkshire should be split/ into two parts is hardly likely to be adopted. The division of tho famous county- into Ridings dates back to before tho Norman Conquest. But they were not called Ridings then, but Thridings, a Scandinavian word which meant “thirds." Tn course of time tho “th" lias been dropped, and with it the meaning of the word has been forgotten. So the county of Cork has been divided into two ridings, and the county of Lincoln, in Upper Canada, into four. When authorities have made two thirds and four thirds both equal to one in this way, one can hardly blame foreigners for making such blunders as that of tho French author who decided that the West Riding Regiment must be cavalry.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 217, 17 September 1934, Page 8
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138When Four-thirds Make One Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 217, 17 September 1934, Page 8
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