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- From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
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- Subject: Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:33:12 EST
In a message dated 12/8/2008 11:09:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
genegerue AT ruralize.com writes:
> >Possums seem rather wussy. Do not mistake their size as lack of
> danger. I was once kicking a frozen wood pile apart in Wisconsin when
> I was about sixteen. That upset one little feller trying to hibernate
> I guess, and it clamped its teeth into my foot. The teeth left marks
> on my foot skin. Further damage avoided due to heavy boots and thick
> wool socks. Sharp teeth.
A folk song couplet that fits in with any song that has the same rhythm goes:
"Love is but a dying fit
When it's in the blossom
And if you want your finger bit
Just poke it at a possum"
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum,
Robert Walton, 12/09/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum, EarthNSky, 12/09/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum,
EarthNSky, 12/08/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum, bob ford, 12/08/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum,
bob ford, 12/09/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum,
sjc, 12/09/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum, EarthNSky, 12/09/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum,
sjc, 12/09/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum,
william Eggers, 12/09/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum,
Lisa K.V. Perry, 12/09/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum, bob ford, 12/09/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum,
Lisa K.V. Perry, 12/09/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum,
Robert Walton, 12/09/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum, Clansgian, 12/09/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum, Bunjov, 12/14/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum, EarthNSky, 12/15/2008
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