REASON WHY.
At Christmas the children of a certain provincial school tried to collect money by going from house to house singing carols and snatches of hymns. Many complaint* reached the rector's ears of bands of youngsters scampering through the first verse of "While shepherds watched" and then violently ringing the door-bell. So ho instituted inquiries on the next occasion he visited the school. "Why is it," he asked, "that instead of singing the hymn in a reverent way, you simply scamper through one verse and then Ting the bell?" Silence reigned "for a short while. Then a shrill voice from a small boy at the back of the room was heard in explanation : "Please, sir, it's 'cause they always lets the dog loose at the second verse." .
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Otago Witness, Issue 3327, 19 December 1917, Page 66
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128REASON WHY. Otago Witness, Issue 3327, 19 December 1917, Page 66
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