In earlier days it was usual to break the glass after drinking a toast so that it should not lx; used when a less loyal toast was being drunk. Nowadays we do not break the glass; the clinking is a pretence of doing so. The name “ centipede ” means “ hundred feet,” and most people take it for granted that the creature so called ha* all these extremities. Actually, the varieties commonly found in England have only about thirty-four feet.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19239, 28 November 1930, Page 14
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