A CUSTOM OF OLDEN TIMES
The origin of the phrase ‘ he can’t hold a candle * to another, doubtless comes from the fact that it was the custom, in olden times, . before the small lightstand had been devised, to have a servant hold a light by his master’s bed in order that he might ‘ read himself to sleep.' One can hardly understand in these days of electric light how the employer, could gain much pleasure in this manner, but there is everything in habit.
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New Zealand Tablet, 23 October 1913, Page 61
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83A CUSTOM OF OLDEN TIMES New Zealand Tablet, 23 October 1913, Page 61
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