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Thread #50747   Message #1356838
Posted By: GUEST,John
14-Dec-04 - 02:16 PM
Thread Name: Origin Of John Henry--part TWO
Subject: RE: Origin Of John Henry--part TWO
Nerd: ...If "Maggie D." were in the record, one could posit some kind of transmission chain beginning with Margaret Dabney and ending with Polly Ann with a shade more validity. Since it's not in the record....

John: "Maggadee" is in the record. Is this not essentially equivalent, aurally, to "Maggie D"?