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rpHERE is no limit to the enthusiasm of bandsmen in the colliery districts of England. One day a burly miner entered the consulting room of the village doctor, laid a badly bruised thumb on the table, and exclaimed, “lop it off.” The doctor explained that, though it was in a nasty state it was certainly curable. “Lop it off, ah tell thee,” repeated the patient, "lop it off quick. Gets in way o’ t’ euphonium.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 570, 24 January 1929, Page 14
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78SACRIFICE TO ART Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 570, 24 January 1929, Page 14
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