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MY FATHER USED TO TELL ME THAT THE REASON HE WAS SUCH A
GOOD SWIMMER WAS BECAUSE HE ATE LOTS OF TAPIOCA PUDDING.
HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT "PUDDING" ME ON, BUT IT WAS REALLY
MADE FROM FISH-EYES.

Submitter comment: HER FATHER, JOHN ARTHUR "DUTCH" GRUBER, ONCE SWAM ACROSS
THE DETROIT RIVER, AND BACK AGAIN. HE DIED IN 1978.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights

Keyword(s): DESSERT ; WATER

Subject headings:

Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert
BELIEF -- Secular hero
BELIEF -- Fish
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 00001940S

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