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Honor bright

In a book, one of the kids says 'honor bright' meaning the Truth is being sworn to. Has anyone said this? We used to 'cross our heart and hope to die'.
  

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[nq:1]In a book, one of the kids says 'honor bright' meaning the Truth is being sworn to. Has anyone said this? ' J.

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  • [nq:1]In a book, one of the kids says 'honor bright' meaning the Truth is being sworn to.
  • Has anyone said this?
  • ' J.
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[nq:1]In a book, one of the kids says 'honor bright' meaning the Truth is being sworn to. Has anyone said this? We used to 'cross our heart and hope to die'.[/nq]
'...stick a needle in my eye.'

J.
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[nq:1]In a book, one of the kids says 'honor bright' meaning the Truth is being sworn to. Has anyone said this? We used to 'cross our heart and hope to die'.[/nq]
I can recall a novel by that name. I think it was about/for young girls and teens. The era was sometime in the '20s, but for the life of me, I can't recall whether it was about Brits or US kids.
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[nq:2]In a book, one of the kids says 'honor bright' ... We used to 'cross our heart and hope to die'.[/nq]
[nq:1]I can recall a novel by that name. I think it was about/for young girlsand teens. The era was sometime in the '20s, but for the life of me, I can't recall whether it was about Brits or US kids.[/nq]
As to usage that I have heard, it seems to me that Shirley Temple and/or her la
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[nq:1]In a book, one of the kids says 'honor bright' meaning the Truth is being sworn to. Has anyone said this? We used to 'cross our heart and hope to die'.[/nq]
Same here; also "Scout's Honor" with the three-finger sign (my three brothers were Boy Scouts). I think "Honor Bright" was long before our time.
It turns up in Twain:
"Because they think you are dead long ago."
"No! Are y
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