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Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"New Englanders are always cursing. But a colorful profanity uttered by some stereotypically taciturn old Yankee is usually more humorous than menacing. Yet, true maledictions (the opposite of benedictions) have frequently been spoken on New England soil, curses intended to invoke evil, injury, or total destruction against other people.
Stories about preternatural revenge are numerous in Yankee lore, with each New England state providing its favorites....
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