possums

• “Poisoning of possums is an environmentally unacceptable way of control.”

  Boing Boing: April 18, 2004 - April 24, 2004 Archives

• “We found out later that she had slammed on the brakes harder than necessary to also avoid a family of possums, which is what made the car careen off the road and hit a tree that stopped our skid down the incline.”

  Simon & Schuster: Perfect Recall

• “In all, we got seven 'possums, which is considered a very small bag.”

  A Boy's Voyage Round the World

• “If Dame Edna can call everyone "possums", then EA can call her people "squirrels".”

  Go Name Yourself

• “December 28, 2007 at 10:25 am i fink dese are my favorite kind of possums:”

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• “De best way to tote 'possums is to split a stick and run deir tails thoo' de crack -- den fling de stick crost your shoulders and tote de 'possums 'long safe and sound.”

  Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2

• “We had a lot o 'game ter eat, such as possums, coons, rabbits and birds.”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1

• “Slaves warn't spozen to go huntin 'at night and everybody know you can't ketch no' possums 'ceppin' at night!”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1

• “We thought these were made by "'possums," but later, when a”

  From a New England Woman's Diary in Dixie in 1865,

• “Page 109 pretty white owl was caught in the garret, and several flew past our window to the top of the house, we concluded that it was owls and not "'possums" that we heard at dead of night.”

  From a New England Woman's Diary in Dixie in 1865,

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