Wrote This in April, 2010, but never posted (just found it in Drafts folder)

Wednesday’s Word

Word: Take a fit (V. phrase)

Definition: to yield to impulse.

Usages:

“I took a fit to buy me a beagle pup. They’re supposed to be good with kids.”

“Is he?”

“Oh yes, wouldn’t bite a biscuit.”

(Definition from: “How To Talk Yankee”, by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)

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Wednesday’s Word

Word: Lumper’s helper (characterization)

Usage:

Since a lumper does absolutely mindless stevedore work, a lumper’s helper would hardly be a fountainhead of erudition. In fact, he’d probably be number than a pounded thumb: “wouldn’t know enough to pour water out of a boot - with the directions stamped on the heel.”

A lumper’s helper might be number’n a hake, but since he does accomplish something in the way of physical labor, he is a cut above a zero.

(Definition from: “How To Talk Yankee”, by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)

Did You Know Tuesday

Did you know that B&M Baked Beans were first sold in 1927? Produced by the Burnham & Morrill Company in Portland, ME, this product took nearly seven years of testing before B&M Brick Oven Baked Beans hit the store shelves. They continue to be made in Portland.

The Burham & Morrill Company has been in business since 1867.

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