Word: pail
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pinch of bicarbonate of soda brings a good, foamy head to a glass of beer; dry ice makes coffee or tea appear to steam and causes pretty suds in a pail of soap powder solution...
Procedure: pick a spot in a stream or lake and lower a pail of chopped vegetables to it every day for a week. By that time the carp, who are mainly vegetarians, should be using that spot for a feeding ground. A ball of half-baked dough or a piece of half-boiled vegetable is good for bait. Cast it near the feeding ground, give it a foot of slack line, "set" the hook as soon as the outsmarted carp starts moving away. If he is played away from his feeding ground, "other carp will not be frightened...