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Indian Lives and Anecdotes ca. 1886 - 1941 part 10
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| + | Indians have a malapropian faculty for getting things backward. One called a yellow hammmer [two underlined] an alabama bird [two underlined]. Another told about a bird called a post-poke [two underlined] for a stake driver. | ||
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| + | K'sam houses = examine houses (Clara) | ||
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| + | Of a busy body: Goin' round jus' like augur handle | ||
| + | Stickin' out jus' like sore finger." | ||
| + | "Kickin' roun' like old boot" | ||
| + | One told of a porpoise looking "jus like blue grin'stone" | ||
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Indians have a malapropian faculty for getting things backward. One called a yellow hammmer [two underlined] an alabama bird [two underlined]. Another told about a bird called a post-poke [two underlined] for a stake driver.
K'sam houses = examine houses (Clara)
Of a busy body: Goin' round jus' like augur handle Stickin' out jus' like sore finger." "Kickin' roun' like old boot" One told of a porpoise looking "jus like blue grin'stone"