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(9) Page 23 - Ca n'fait rien
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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Blighty > Christmas, 1918 > (9) Page 23 - Ca n'fait rien |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74460971 |
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| Description | Cartoon by Private A.E. Bestall. This cartoon shows an officer on leave from France. He appears to have just left church and is walking arm in arm with his sweetheart and young sister. The caption reads: 'CA N'FAIT RIEN. / Small sister: "HAVE YOU ANOTHER SWEETHEART OUT IN FRANCE, TOM?" / Brother (on leave): "GOOD GRACIOUS, NO - WHY?" / Small sister: "THEN, WHO IS THE SAN FAIRY ANN YOU ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT?"' 'Ca n'fait rien' translates roughly as 'it doesn't matter'. The humour lies in the fact that the young sister mishears 'ca n'fait rien' as 'San Fairy Ann', and assumes that it is a girl's name. |
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| Description | A humorous weekly magazine issued free to the troops in the First World War; contained short stories, poems, cartoons, paintings and drawings, with contributions from men on active service. Distributed by the War Office, the Admiralty and the Red Cross, and subsidised through donations and sales to the general public. |
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| Shelfmark | 6.84 |
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| Description | Editions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families. |
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