HOW THE COUNTRIES WERE NAMED
To-day we print the first prize entry in this competition. Congratulations to Eric Noonan (aged 10), 38 Dacre street, Linwood :
_ One day a man went to dinner. He was Hungary and he asked for a. slice of Turkey, with plenty of Greece, some vegetable Swedes, and soine Brussels sprouts. Afterwards he wanted some Belgium
sausage and a drink from Bulgarian bug served on good China. The waiter asked "Will you Rumania long, and how long shall I Servia?" The Kaiser replied. "Please bring my order and Denmark the bill, but I don't want to Russia.
—ERIC NOONAN (aged 10), 38 Dacre street, Linwood,
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22509, 17 September 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
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108HOW THE COUNTRIES WERE NAMED Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22509, 17 September 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
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