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^atUt^ tfl (£one^ji0niieixt^. 



H. A. B. The svperstition respecting the number 

 thirteen in cnmpany most probably arose from the Paschal 

 Supper. See Ellis' Brand, iii., p. 14;5. ed. 1841. 



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