Word: gins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will carry two riders, usually a man and a woman. We have done all stunts mentioned and a great many others. Our "stove pipe" is a steel drum at least 24 in. in diameter. We frequently use an inflator. Also we seldom use poles any more. We use a gin pole in the inside till the bag is selfsupporting. We have put on a great many ascensions, playing large fairs and expositions. We played the Tennessee State Fair at Nashville three years ago. Have played in most States east of the Mississippi. Also some in the West and in Canada...
...introduction of alcohol in any form. This argument can and should be answered by facing that fact known to all, that every college is at the present a perfect reservoir of bad liquor, and that the only influence of beer would be a salutary one leading away from poor gin. There will undoubtedly be other technical difficulties to be overridden. For instance, the beer cannot nominally be handled by the University Dining Halls, but must be dispensed by the individual House Clubs; prices will have to be adjusted with the benefit of the undergraduates in view; and there will doubtless...
...saws, tin cans, shotguns, "horse fiddles" (two rails gratin.tr together), "devil's fiddles" (a plank run through a box), "skonk" (conch) shells and corn-shellers filled with small stones The bride & groom are expected to listen patiently for a bit, then give the cothumpers plenty of cigars, applejack, gin whiskey or beer. If they do not, or if they are definitely disliked by the cowthumpers. the noise goes on. If the couple decline to show themselves, the crowd may cover their chimney and smoke them...
...husband went out and sent them off to the saloon." In Newport, N. H.: "I went to one or two when I was a kid. Now they rice 'em up and confetti 'em up." In Hartland, Conn.: " 'Member when we serenaded. Drinked up three gallon of gin...
...liberalized regulations for alcoholic beverages provide for whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, alcohol and other distilled drinks. They also provide for wines fermented from grapes and berries, which are stronger in alcohol than 3.2%, and for drinkable drugstore elixirs, spirits and tinctures...