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| Student of University of Madras. Preparations for exams (working hard, they tie hair to nail in wall to prevent falling into sleep) |
From V.M. Doroshevich’s 1905 book ‘East and War’ (Востокъ и война).
And I thought my father was kidding me when he used to suggest that I ought get a tsogh and then tie it to a nail, ‘like your ancestors’, to keep awake while trying to study at night.
