1. ‘Yuen picked up his hAversack and slung it between his shoulders, each strap resting on each blade.’ ‘He set out with few possessions - just a hAversack, a pair of shorts and a couple of jumpers.’ ‘Each man had a blanket slung over the left shoulder, and carried a fair-leather bag or hAversack.’

2. At the end of the day the shamrock which has been worn in the coat or the hat is removed and put into the final glass of grog or tumbler of punch; and when the health has been drunk or the toast honoured, the shamrock should be picked out from the bottom of the glass and thrown over the left shoulder.