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And thus until the heart of the people is scourged and purged they will accomodate the "Jonahs" - even seeking more of their ear-tickling fables to comfort themselves in this time of breaking.
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And thus until the heart of the people is scourged and purged they will accomodate the "Jonahs" - even seeking more of their ear-tickling fables to comfort themselves in this time of breaking.
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Coeval with their revival of primitive language-moulds in their slang, many of our college societies and sporting clubs and associations have revived the beliefs just mentioned in their mascots and luck-bringers -- the other side of the shield showing the "Jonahs" and those fetiches of evil import.
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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They would not let us see what they filled the "Jonahs" with, but we knew that it was a fearful load.
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"But we have taken the 'Jonahs' out of these," Theodora made haste to reassure him.
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The "Jonahs" looked precisely like the others and were mixed with the others on the platter which was passed at table, for each one to take his or her choice.
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Theodora had done was, carefully to pick out the two "Jonahs" and lay them aside.
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That forenoon we coaxed Theodora and Ellen to fry a batch of three dozen, and two "Jonahs;" and the girls, with some misgivings as to what
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"I want those 'Jonahs' put back," insisted Mr. Hamlin.
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What they actually put in the two "Jonahs," this time, was wheat bran mixed with cayenne pepper -- an awful dose such as no mortal mouth could possibly bear up under!
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