Tests of time — Mythoi

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Tests of time.

Tests. · Other tests. · Miscellaneous tests. · Miscellaneous tests. · view the constellation · filed as H1583

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Time measured by worn iron shoes Time measured by fit of ring

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

How many seconds in eternity? A bird carries a grain of sand from a mountain each century; when the whole mountain is gone, the first second of eternity has passed. (Cf. D791.1.2, H1583, X950.2, Z61.)

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