NICKNAMING NATIONS.
Like individuals, the nations' of the earth have nicknames. Some are appro, prist te. some are not. Knglirdnncn, for instance, an. called •John Kill], That's all ri^lll. because they have "the jihuk (if the lirnte." A Keoltsnmn is "Sandy''; an Oirishman Paddy' fro m his national natron sunt, St. .Patrick; while an undent nursery rhyme 'proclaims that "Tail'v was a Welshman." T.he Frenchman calls himself "Jacques iionhonune"—flood Fellow; and Cousin Michel is the nickname l>v which the Cieilimn is known to Continental nations; Mynheer Closh-an abbreviation ol Nicholas—is the name 'applied to Hollanders; the Switzer rejoices in the appellation of t'olin Tampon. Anil we all know I'ncle Sam.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 3
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110NICKNAMING NATIONS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 3
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