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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4254530, member: 5833&quot;]Glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>The site [USER=81]@Kronos[/USER] found is really interesting.&nbsp; I think the author comes to some unwarranted conclusions, particularly about witches &amp; the use of brooksticks, but he did a good job finding instances of this image &amp; motto.&nbsp; This one the author describes is probably the same as bluumz&#039;s:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The piece below came from an old convent in Glastonbury U.K. The motto reads &quot;ALL HAVE THEIR HOBBIES&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And then he shows a seal we can&#039;t really see that he says is a little different, from 1824, which is&nbsp; good info for dating.&nbsp; Different in what way, I wonder?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is in French, TOUS ONT LEURS MANIES:</p><p><a href="https://www.addysvintage.co.uk/victorian-15ct-gold-witch-watch-fob-all-have-their-hobbies-chalcedony-seal/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.addysvintage.co.uk/victorian-15ct-gold-witch-watch-fob-all-have-their-hobbies-chalcedony-seal/" rel="nofollow">https://www.addysvintage.co.uk/victorian-15ct-gold-witch-watch-fob-all-have-their-hobbies-chalcedony-seal/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>which IMTranslator gives as&nbsp; ALL HAVE THEIR QUIRKS</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this may get closer to what the word &quot;hobby&quot; meant when the intaglio was new, we all have our little ways, we all have our eccentricities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here it in use in a French newspaper article about male big name tennis players:</p><p><a href="https://www.liberation.fr/sports/2013/03/20/nadal-n-est-plus-mou-du-genou_890067/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liberation.fr/sports/2013/03/20/nadal-n-est-plus-mou-du-genou_890067/" rel="nofollow">https://www.liberation.fr/sports/2013/03/20/nadal-n-est-plus-mou-du-genou_890067/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Certains ont des dégaines de voyou : Agassi. Tous ont leurs manies. Tous ont leur rituel avant de rentrer sur le court.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some have the looks of a thug: Agassi. All of them have their quirks. All have their ritual before entering the court.</p><p><br /></p><p>In conjunction with the witch image it seems a humorous sentiment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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