Found a "Long-Lost Friend"

Whistle
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My very first whistle, which has been missing for years, showed up today, in all it’s brass Soodlum/Walton glory. Along with it, my old Gen C, missing for as long, also showed up.

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So… were they hiding out in the back of some closet… did they manage to invite any friends home? When you get their travel photos developed, ask them to share. :laughing:

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I actually misunderstood your post. I thought for a crazy second you might mean this: :astonished:

http://www.lulu.com/content/144153

I’ve read too much Wellman in my misspent youth.

I’m glad your whistles are safe found.

–James

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Congratulations! :party:

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I lost my Rose for 6 months. Hid it so burglars wouldn’t find it. Went on holiday and couldn’t remember where I had hidden it. Twas a great relief when I found it again. :slight_smile:

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well at least the robbers were robbed of their prey.

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Cool.

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I have done that on several occasions. Yuo would think after a third time that you would pick a spot that you would remember.

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“Pow-wow” makes one think of Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs and the like.

Anyway, here it is, in an online edition: http://www.locksley.com/llf/

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Thanks James and Walden; I needed a dose of Wellman!

I didn’t find relief for sleeplessness, but I did see a relief for warts.
When you can’t find chicken feet:
My grandpa had one of his own. Tie a loose knot in a string, hold it about an inch above the wart by the ends and pull to tighten the knot while saying “Wart be gone!”

Grandma used her special herbs.

Both seem lost arts!

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Until this thread gave me a reason to look it up, I had always thought the “Long Lost Friend” in Wellman’s books was a fictional reference, a kind of “mountain man’s Necronomicon.” (The Necronomicon, was, of course, supposed to be evil, whereas the Long Lost Friend was not.)

I’ve read through the online copy and find it absolutely fascinating. Even disgusting…the cure for colds seems a bit icky to me. :astonished: I think I’ll stick with hot tea and Tylenol. :laughing:

Now that we have our books unpacked, I’m going to have to dig out my Wellman books and read some Silver John stories. This has given me a real hunger to read those again.

–James

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Yeah, the old-time folk remedies could be bad news, at times. My grandma has a pretty nasty scar on her leg, where they tried curing an infection with a bread poultice, when she was a child.