WHERE SALT IS SACKED
.In Arabia, as in many other countries, salt is a symbol of hospitality, end among the Arabs hospitality is almost a sacred thing. They tell of a thief who broke into a house one night, and in looting the place came upon a SBaa U P ol s box. opened it, and inside it .ound another box, also of gold. That in turn ih«*ld a third box, which was partly filled with fine white powder. The thief tasted the powder, and found that it was 6alt. Immediately he restored to their places all tho valuables he had gathered to carry off. He could not rob a house in which 'he had "eaten salt/*
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12116, 18 April 1925, Page 9
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117WHERE SALT IS SACKED New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12116, 18 April 1925, Page 9
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