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Marwolaeth Mr. W. 0. Williams.

I--11 Blighty."II I ?- - I

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11 Blighty. ?- Perhaps every reader of Y DRAFOD does not happen to know the meaning of the word "Blighty" as used by the British soldier in the phrases Back to Blighty," Away from Blighty," and others of a similar kind. The word means Home," and also sometimes "a wound bad enough to necessitate a soldier's return home." It is a corruption of the Hindustani word belahti, and has no connection with the com- mon English word blight. A. H. I

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