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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19353, 5 September 1934, Page 9

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Popular Expressionsjnd Phrases. This daily feature comprises an illustrated explanation of the origin of various popular expressions and phrases , figures of speech and historical references and allusions. HOW IT BEGAN Berdan ior Hoboes Secret Signs y\m m; % m Wi m.. WJi/W - ftWNitV IN THE MIDDLE AGES ' THE VAGRANTS WHO SWARMED OVER. EUROPE WOULD LEAVE HIEROGLYPHICS CARVED ON TREES NEAR A TOWN TO WARN OTHERS OF WHAT TO EXPECT ON ENTERING IT. THE SECRET SIGNS LEFT BY MODERN HOBOES ARE A RELIC OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE. «' * mpi “hr Why Witches arc Pictured Riding Brooms THE ROMANS BELIEVED THAT GHOSTS HAUNTED THEIR FORMER DWELLINGS, BUT THAT WITCHES WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THEM AWAY 5Y SWEEPING THE DOOR SILLS AND WINDOW SILLS WITH a broom, mediaeval People ' -V. CONNECTED THIS WITH-ODIN’S HORSE SLEIPNER-, WHICH WAS RIDDEN FORTH Jj} ON MISSIONS OF EVIL, SO THE WITCH WAS PICTURED RIDING A BROOM. TOMORROWi The Flcur-dc-Lys; Mr Sumner.