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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-11-23, Page 8ilottruurnootot4 Exposrrokomeoralt .ON Now Pow •'USISONE 44 RIB- 1MT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY .t4tAti OFF1CR 17,XITTIM Ora, Directors: • Martin Feeney -KR 2, Dublin • • President • Clayton Calqttoun R.Itr 1, - Wee -President Science Hill Wm. H. Chaffe - R.R. 4, Mitchell Tim Toohey - R.R. 8, Lucie ilaymondAlieCurdy, R,11, 1, Kirkten Robert Gardiner RR. 1, ertInolY Agents: thigh Benninger - PUMA Harry Coates - Rote? Clayton Harris - Mitckell flecretegy-Treasurer: Hugh Pats= E Mecter Choose Your DIAMOND Privistely AT - ' 5AVAUGE JEWELLERS (Opposite Post Office) EveningAppointment By Arrangement FREE -17 Jewel 'Watab with each Diamond pp - chase $100.411 or MOM Stocking isJust Legend? Did spinster hang up the first •Christmas stock- ing? Legend says yes, but history says no — or at most, "Maybe." St. Nicholas, a fourth century bishop, secretly gave gifts of gold for the dowries of poor spinsters. His method was to toss the. gold down a chimney by night, at Christmas. On one occasjon, so leg- end says, the gift landed in a stOckingt hung.by the 'fireplace to dry. Hiatory casts a dubious eye on this "origin" of the Christmas. stocking cus- toin. The spinstO probab- ly didn't have .a stotteldng — not in the fourth cen- tury. KnittOlornirtiVng hos- iery was unknown until the thirteenth " century, Earlier, people wrapped cloth or rags around their feet as substitute for mod- ern stockings. Even after William' Lee invented the stocking frame, a more efficient method of production, in the late 1500's, it was some time before- the poor could/ afford to buy stock- ings. Histor,y- makes •one eon - cession to the legend tel- lers. Paintings from Pom- peii show that early' Ro- mans did • wear some form of stockings, •even. before the birth of Christ. ' '••.•A••rAom•••oo.••.••.••••••o•■••••••••••- ••••••••• THE McKILLOP MUTUAL •.fIRE INSURANCE COMPANY • Office — Mahe Wrest SEAF•RTII4 ' Insures: • Town Dwellings • All Climes of Farm Property • Summer Cottages • Churches,. Schools, Halls Extended coverage 0(wind, smoke, water damage, falling objects, etc) is also available. AGENTS: James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth; V. 3. Lane, RR '5, Seaforth; Wm. Leiper, Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Harold Squires, Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald G. Eaton, •Seaforth. • eciple Pius Problems dd-liftWday Lore• Friends who visit the Robert - Reilly home last December got areal Christ, mas surprise, In this Grants Pass, Are., house- • hold, the Christmas tree "grew" out of the ceiling — or at least, was suspen- ded there, upside down. Will it start, 'a trend? Will more and more fam- ilies hang their Christmas trees from the ceiling? On- • ly time can tell! ' Christmas . • customs start with people and, bf# •ten, with problewt. In the case of the upside-down C1ristina/3 tree, the .preh- lam was, "Where to Put the tree?" and ,te humor- ous solution was reaeltecl when the family • just couldn't decide. Creating Puddings Many; well;established, traditions' had their lege- dry beginnings in the 'In- ventive reaction of people to problems, Targe or snidlle: Take plum puddings, for example --. as many' pea- ple do at ClkistinastiMe! The very first. plum rind - 'ding was an answer to ad- versity, so legend says. An English king and his hunting party were lost in the forest on—Christanas Eve. Connuanded by the Idng, the co] prepared dinner, using the foods he had on hand—some meat from a stag, some bits' of wild . game, flour, birds' eggs,. sugar, dried plums, ale and brandy-. 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