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Word: corncob (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...asked the Lord what to do when a white-trash gentleman built a house on her land and was going to make her tear down her cabin?who got a sign from the Lord, and burnt that house to white fine ashes, such as fell out of her corncob pipe when she prayed. There is Killdee who ploughed on Green Thursday?Ascension Day?the day Jesus went back to God, wherefore he expected to be scourged, and was, for that night his little girl, Baby Rose, was burnt to death in the cookfire. After that Killdee hated God. Vengeance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland's Darling | 9/29/1924 | See Source »

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