horses' poops
horse When we were children we often found ripe mushrooms which were brown and contained spores. Those puffballs when squeezed would emit the spores with a cloud of dust. . we were not aware that they were ripe puffballs, but instead called them "horses' poops" because it was supposed...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34388 |
| Summary: | horse When we were children we often found ripe mushrooms which were brown and contained spores. Those puffballs when squeezed would emit the spores with a cloud of dust. . we were not aware that they were ripe puffballs, but instead called them "horses' poops" because it was supposed that they had been"pooped" by horses often found grazing on the hillsides. Some of the less sophisticated boys called them "horses farts". DNE-cit JH 10/71 Not Used Not used Withdrawn ['horse-fart'] Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 20 May 2015, stamped but not used |
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