Excerpt from Boys, Girls and Manners Thus Mr. Spencer tells us that among the natives of Australia, Strangers meeting must remain some time silent: a mile from an encampment, approach has to be her alded by loud cooeys: a green bough is used as an emblem of peace, and brotherly feel ing is indicated by an exchange of names. This same idea about the green bough prevailed among the ancient Greeks. On the frieze of the Parthenon, some of the sculptured figures have branches in their hands. These are the women from other ...
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Excerpt from Boys, Girls and Manners Thus Mr. Spencer tells us that among the natives of Australia, Strangers meeting must remain some time silent: a mile from an encampment, approach has to be her alded by loud cooeys: a green bough is used as an emblem of peace, and brotherly feel ing is indicated by an exchange of names. This same idea about the green bough prevailed among the ancient Greeks. On the frieze of the Parthenon, some of the sculptured figures have branches in their hands. These are the women from other lands who hold the boughs in token of peace and friendship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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