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Stumpage Reports
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Tuesday, December 09, 2003 :::
Quiz Time: Fossilized Folkie or Free Press?
Are the following phrases songs from The Anthology of American Folk Music, edited by Harry Smith OR actual, goofy, newspaper names from the nineteenth century? Answers below.
1. Home of Mirth
2. David's Sling
3. Peg and Awl
4. Blue Hen's Chickens
5. Indian War Whoop
6. Wagoner's Lad
7. Locomotive Screw Driver
8. The Coo Coo Bird
9. John the Revelator
10. Old Oaken Bucket
Answers:
1. Newspaper
2. Newspaper
3. Folk song, by The Carolina Tar Heels
4. Newspaper
5. Folk Song, by Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers
6. Folk Song, by Buell Kazee
7. Newspaper
8. Folk Song, by Clarence Ashley
9. Folk Song, by Blind Willie Johnson
10. Newspaper
Work Woes
Lots of people out sick, at the doctor's etc. So I got spend all morning on the front desk and deal with people like Butt Crack Guy and his Harpy Mother, and Everything Is Out of Order Lady. I still found time to go upstairs to another department for a few minutes. I lady I know is working on a book on Civil War amputations and she had a fake leg up there that used to belong to a Civil War vet. It was pretty cool to see. We think it might be the only surviving tarheel fake Civil War leg. Most of the guys wore them out, but this guy had some less sophisticated legs he wore for everyday and this was his Sunday Go To Meeting leg.
A bad day here is still better than a good day at most other jobs I've had.
::: posted by tom at 1:35 PM
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