Word: wands
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...teeth. The snake is held by the middle, head and tail dangling free. (Veteran carriers look down upon those who hold their snakes by the neck.) Behind the "carrier" is a second Hopi, called a "hugger," his arms about the shoulders of the carrier, one hand holding a feather wand which he brushes across the snake's face to occupy its attention. Behind this pair is a third Hopi, the "gatherer." If a snake wriggles free he must catch it before it escapes-or bites a spectator-and return it to the carrier...
...establishments known to be delinquent in taxes. Resentfully they rejected County Treasurer McDonough's suggestion that they call on individual delinquents to collect taxes due. Said Teacher Nell W. Reeser: "The County Treasurer apparently thinks of us as a body of super-gold-diggers, who, by some magic wand, are able to conjure money out of the well-lined but carefully guarded pockets of the rich tax dodgers. But tax collecting isn't our business. If [the officials] can't do it, then they should quit and let some one else...
...political border which separates us from the Free State is to disappear at the waving of some mysterious wand." commented the Belfast News Letter. "Mr. de Yalera expects a series of miracles to occur...
...return of Falernian and Caecuban. Propaganda must teach the gospel of Bacchus, and the world be taught again to hold precious the gifts of the god. Meanwhile, liqueurs, the misbegotten brats of Mercury and Ceres, hold sway. Men drink, but they feel the touch of Circe's wand, not the warming joys of gentle Liber. The noisome juniper has dethroned the luscious grape...
...rises. But Author Young, Bachelor of Medicine, has not been so obstetrical as Authoress Delmar, mother. His scene too is larger, peopled by more characters. Whereas Bad Girl was a tempest in a flat, Mr. and Mrs. Pennington is heading straight for tragedy when Author Young's magic wand stops it, just in time...