ON AN EGG SHELL
PILOT WRITES HIS WILL. The recent will of a Manchester Ship Canal pilot, written on an eggshell, which was admitted to probate, is not the only occasion on which an egg has figured in a singular capacity. In 1889 an egg was produced, and accepted, as a certificate of birth. In that year a widow named Bell wah called upon by the Norwich Union Society to prove that her daughter had reached the school exemption age. The widow produced an egg beautifully coloured in purple, yellow and cream, where on, in almost copperplate characters, the name and date of the daughter's birth were picked out in white, together with the text "The Lord shall guide thee continually" and "Teach me to do Thy will." This novel certificate was the only record possessed by the mother, and was accepted as evidence.
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Waipa Post, Volume 36, Issue 2149, 26 April 1928, Page 3
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144ON AN EGG SHELL Waipa Post, Volume 36, Issue 2149, 26 April 1928, Page 3
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