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Thread #170212   Message #4115840
Posted By: Brian Peters
08-Aug-21 - 12:54 PM
Thread Name: Origins: ‘The Pricketty Bush’ and British origins
Subject: RE: Origins: ‘The Pricketty Bush’ and British origins
From Bert Lloyd's sleeve notes quoted at the above link:

'... after the Watts ghetto riots of 1965, a set appeared in which a young black looter appears in court to face a heavy fine or the “gallows twine.” The rescuer in this case is neither father, mother nor sweetheart but a social worker who arrives with the money just in time.'

This is a new one on me. Anyone else? Worth tracking down if true.