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[Games] Re: The Orris Family
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Fare-well was a superstition name. It really meant "fare-well" as in "do well", and was often given by mothers who had had troubles with previous childbirths. Another name like this was "Joye-in-Sorrow", given to a little girl born after a difficult pregnancy.


"Night fell, lots of large stars came out, and the Hemulen loved his park all the better. It was wide and mysterious; one could lose one's way in it and still be at home."
-Tove Jansson
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Can't believe that never occurred to me.
Thanks.
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