TRACING TRADITIONS.
Gladys had been naughty, so tiaug-hty, in fact, that her mother was forced to have recourse to the timehonoured and only really effective remedy in such cases. This operation being- successfully but painfully completed, the little girl sank into her,, mother's lap disconsolately, "Mamma," she' sobbed, "did gran'ma spank you when you was small?" ; "Yes, dear; when I was naughty." "Oh!" ..'-.. A minute's pause, then: '.'And did her mother,"' continued Gladys, "spank her?" "Yes, dear." "And,was she"* spanked, too, when she was.. naughty ?" "Yes." Glady? - gave a sigh of despair. "Then-who-did '"-art the silly custom?'' she ar-kcri ' ..,.., :
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIX, Issue 3996, 20 November 1918, Page 4
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99TRACING TRADITIONS. Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIX, Issue 3996, 20 November 1918, Page 4
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