Re: Old southern sayings

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Old southern sayings
• From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center" 4*@nationalhearing.com
• Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:26:16 -0600
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So devils are both cute and mischevious?
I guess as fences go, one made of mud would not be particularly pretty.
BTW, how would one build a mud fence?  I would think it would be more likely
classified as a wall.

Kitty

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From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Old southern sayings


> In a message dated 11/06/2005 10:56:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> kmrsy@netzero.net writes:
> Re "cute"
> What is a dickens? - as in cute as the dickens? I thought a little dickens
> was a mischief maker, so how do these 2 terms relate?
> I've always heard that "dickens" was a euphemism for devilkins.
>
> How about "ugly as a mud fence."  You shouldn't have any problems with
that.
> Auralie
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