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elijahwald	Folklore: 'Habits' as a euphemism for testicles (18)	Folklore: 'Habits' as a euphemism for testicles	16 Feb 21
The version of the Derby Ram published as "Didn't He Ramble" by Gates Thomas in his 1926 article, "South Texas Negro Work Songs" has the line, "The habits of that ram, they hung upon the wall," and context from another song in which he uses the term makes it clear that he means testicles... but I cannot find this term anywhere else. Has anyone else come across this, or been able to find it? Or is it a euphemism unique to this article, and perhaps his own invention?

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