BY-THE-BYE.
Harrey, aged live, waa being instructed by his grandmother in morals. She told him that all such terms as "By golly," "By jingo," "By thunder," were .in reality oaths, and but little tetter t*"" 1 other profanities, "You oan always tell an oath, ipy bot/i the »aid, ''by the prefix 'by.' All wok art oaths." than, grandma," asked th« young hopefiil, /'U % telegraph, 1 Which I m iti the newspapers swear. lng? 1 ' "No, Harvey," replied grandma^
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 342, 4 January 1918, Page 4
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