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printed at top of card:- HEARTY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS.
woven on silk:-
{Good Luck cross symbol & shamrock}
printed at bottom of card:-
Love to make you happy, health to make you blest, That is what I wish you : leave to God the rest.
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| Reference Number:- | Godden Number:- | Sprake Number:- |
| sa 660 | No Alpha Cards listed by Godden |
No Alpha Cards listed by Sprake |
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printed at top of card:- HEARTY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS.
woven on silk:-
{Good Luck cross symbol & shamrock}
printed at bottom of card:-
Love to make you happy, health to make you blest, That is what I wish you : leave to God the rest.
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| Recorded by John High in his unpublished list | |
| Size: | card:
cm long by cm deep silk: |
| Comments: |
At the time of the original design and making of this silk postcard, the central cross design was considered a symbol of good luck - it being a very ancient and worldwide emblem representing the sun. [Derived from sanskrit - svasti, meaning Well Being: and su, meaning good, with asti, meaning he is]. Only later was the spelling changed and it became associated with a very different ideology.
Note too that there is no right-way-round for the silk, and this card is found with the shamrock both below and above the symbol, as shown in the two images on this page:  the image of this postcard was kindly donated by Richard Mole, Great Britain. |
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