“Hurrah” is the Arabic word hiera, meaning holy; it was the cry pilgrims gave when in sight of the Holy City.
A flea can leap two hundred times its own length; if a lion were as strong in proportion to its length, it could leap a third of a mile.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 15, 23 January 1948, Page 4
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50Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 15, 23 January 1948, Page 4
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