THE CRANE
Sir, —I have boon interested in a correspondence in these columns about the crane. In my copy of Longfellow the poem, "The Hanging of the Crane" is prefaced by tbc following note: "Pendre la 'Cremailliere, to hang the crane, is a French expression for a house-warming, or the first party given in a new house." Gasc's Concise French Dictionary gives the same definition. ]t is evident, then, that the custom is French in origin and was probably brought into Britain by the Normans. It is interesting to note that my great grandparents, who came from the Highlands of Scotland, had a crane in the fireplace in their home in this country. Rotorua. June McKenzie. "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21906, 15 September 1934, Page 17
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116THE CRANE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21906, 15 September 1934, Page 17
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