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...bone. He also made a wolf return a pig it had stolen from an old woman. When Blasius was flung into a dungeon to starve, the woman gratefully brought him her pig. In 316 A. D. they beheaded Blasius after carding the flesh from his bones with an iron comb. Venerated increasingly by Roman Catholics, Blasius became one of the most popular saints in the Middle Ages. Churches and altars were dedicated to him. In 13th Century England it was forbidden to work on his feast day, largely because St. Blasius' aid was held sovereign against throat and lung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Feast of St. Blasius | 2/12/1934 | See Source »

...cars. you are called one of the intermediate worshipers. so I suggest it would be a good Idea if the government or the judges would get together and put a stop to this, my wife is beginning to be a cult fanatic or religious fanatic, . . . they don't comb or straighten there hair or use paint or powder-don't wear no silk stockings, just buy his paper he write and he tell them to get all in the cult, he is going to give all colored people work, if you follow him you will have fine automobiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 15, 1934 | 1/15/1934 | See Source »

...soon jump into the next river as look at another gift shop. Along with a few of our editorial aides, we have taken all of the grief out of this year's Christmas buying with a finely chosen (we were going to say something about a fine-toothed comb, but who ever heard of combing a book?) list of comes from which you may select one for your best professor on your worst class mate. So here goes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Browsing | 12/16/1933 | See Source »

...water while it is in the pool. The results of this addition can be tested by comparing a test tube full of water with a graded color chart. In addition, the floor of the tank is periodically cleaned by being subjected to the suction of a large curry comb, connected by a hose to the vacuum end of the pumps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Water in Indoor Athletic Pool Is Changed Only Once or Twice a Year---But Always Circulates | 12/1/1933 | See Source »

...private visiting list of Miss Juliana Cutting; a lighted red lamp or lantern; the red carnation of Mr. Clifton Webb at the Music Box; the initialed handkerchief of New York's most charming and honest banker; three red hairs from a lady's head; a mauve comb; a live monkey; a shoe of Jimmy Durante; any unused foreign stamp; a bicycle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scavenging | 11/13/1933 | See Source »

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