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Popular Expressions and Phrases. This daily feature comprises an illustrated explanation of the origin of various popular expressions and phrases, fgiires of speech and historical references and allusions. HOW IT BEGAN bZXS& The: Swan song IN A CLASSICAL FABLE KINS BAUMUS SLEW DIOMED FORHAVING WOUNDED VENUS, AND DIOMED’S COMPANIONS WERE TURNED INTO SWANS WHICH OH THE APPROACH OF DEATH SANS MOURNFUL DIRGES. THIS GAVE US THE SATING TO MEAN THE LAST WORK OF A COMPOSER OR POET. m m d w 7 &&•&&& l r T, ; s «a Bgi gj- . ssgj I A Dog’s Howling Portends Death THIS BELIEF COMES FROM THE ANCIENT SUPERSTITION THAT THE IMITATION OF A THING WOULD BRING ON THE REAL THING . WHEN A COG HOWLED IT WAS AN IMITATION OF THE WMLS OF MOURNERS, SO IT WAS CONSTRUED AS A WARNING OF DEATH. JO-MORROW : Hoboes Secret Signs; Why Witches are Pictured Riding Brooms .
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19352, 4 September 1934, Page 7
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