Familiar Unknown
Did you know that the significance of the little acorns as tassell ends on umbrellas is that the ancients believed the oak-tree was never struck by lightning? Hence oak leaves and acorns were a charm against lightning. Superstitions die hard you see.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 63, 18 September 1939, Page 5
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44Familiar Unknown Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 63, 18 September 1939, Page 5
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