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The mule I drove was called Old Red

Folk singers today sing happy work songs about mule drivers & mule-skinners. I wonder if any of them know what driving a mule is really like.

He got to go to the C.C. Camp by his mother taking him to the welfare office and asking that he be signed up.

The pie’s name comes from the Latin minuere, “to diminish,” and of course mincemeat referred originally to a meat that had been minced up.

The Belsnickle wasn’t Santa Claus! He was ugly & frightened children. He typically wore a costume made from stockings & burlap or paper bags.

I told him I wanted this pin but had only 75¢ to pay for it. He suggested cheaper ones, but I said, “I want this very one. It’s for mother.”