Words and Phrases.
CORRESPONDENT sends the following schoolboys’ howlers : Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Wellington. Socrates was poisoned by an overdose of wedlock. The Royal Mint is what the King puts on his new potatoes. Acrimony, which is called holy, is another name for marriage. Lot’s wife looked back and turned a somersault. Shakespeare lived at Windsor with his merry wives. Two famous Scottish patriots are Robert Bruce and Edgar Wallace. Sir Walter Scott was called the “ Blizzard of the North.” The knight fell down an abbess that yawned in front of him. When Elijah went up to Heaven his mantelpiece fell on Elisha. A grass widow is the wife of a vegetarian. TOUCHSTONE.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19341107.2.93
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20455, 7 November 1934, Page 8
Word Count
117Words and Phrases. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20455, 7 November 1934, Page 8
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.