Answers to Questions on Colours
1. The flag displayed from naval hospitals and vessels in qtzaran. tine.-2. Promotion to the rank of Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.-3. At Washington ; the President of the United States.-4. December 6th. 1745, the day, on which the news arrived in London that the Pretender had reached Derby. -5. Bow Street runners, who wore scarlet waistcoats.---6, A report drawn up by the Government every year since 1861, for the benefit of historians.-7. A lay politician, a tradesman who interferes with the affairs of the nation. The referenife is to the blue apron once worn by almost all tradesmen.-8. March 17th. St. Patrick's Day.-9. Paper money issued by the Government of the United States in 1862 during the Civil War.-10. A gold sovereign.11. The lowest paid labotir in the tailoring trade. -12. A late hariest when the ground is white with frost in the morning.-13. So called because at one time the walla were coloured green to relieve the eyes affected by the glare of the stage lights,
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