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MARIE'S (WIFE'S) GRANDFATHER OWNED A STORE WHEN
PICKLES WERE STILL KEPT IN A BIG BARREL. WELL, HE
WOULDN'T LET NO WOMAN TAKE A PICKLE OUT OF THE
BARREL OR THE REST WOULD GO SOFT, IF SHE WAS JUST
COMIN' SICK OR JUST GETTIN' OUT OF HER PERIOD.
HE'D PUT SOME PICKLES ON A TRAY AND LET THEM BUY
THEM OFF THAT.

Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO

Where learned: SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 05-19-1965

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