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Thread #17738 Message #629523
Posted By: GUEST,GrammarPolice
17-Jan-02 - 01:26 AM
Thread Name: Why Did Barbara Allen Refuse?
Subject: RE: Why Did Barbara Allen Refuse?
hair-trimmings and nail-pairings, and then gradually waste it over a candle, sticking pins into parts that the witch wanted to injure most". I don't know whether Robert Graves is right or not, [Roberto] BUT I'm sure that Graves never said "nail pairings" ~ here's the folk trad @ work. Of course Graves said parings. th[schwa]GrammarCops