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| 1 | 72 | The Waiting View more quotes about hand">Hand, the five-day period preceding the vernal equinox, the first day of spring, is a very solemn time for most Goreans. |
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| 1 | 69 | There were now several such groups in the city. |
| 1 | 70 | Their hand-printed handbills and hand-painted posters, the latter pasted on the sides of buildings and on the news boards, were much in evidence. |
| 1 | 71 | All this had to do with the approach of the Twelfth Passage Hand, which precedes the Waiting Hand. |
| 1 | 72 | The Waiting Hand, the five-day period preceding the vernal equinox, the first day of spring, is a very solemn time for most Goreans. |
| 1 | 73 | During this time few ventures are embarked upon, and little or no business is conducted. |
| 1 | 74 | During this time most Goreans remain within their houses. |
| 1 | 75 | It is in this time that the doors of many homes are sealed with pitch and have nailed to them branches of the brak bush, the leaves of which have a purgative effect. |