HOLDING A CANDLE
The phrase ' Holding a candle to you ' is supposed to have originated in the custom, formerly observed
by wealthy masters, of having a servant hold a candle when they wished to read after going to bed, —the small light-stand not" having been invented. v
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New Zealand Tablet, 17 July 1913, Page 61
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47HOLDING A CANDLE New Zealand Tablet, 17 July 1913, Page 61
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