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<p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p><font>From:</font><span class="gD"></span><span class="gD"> Brooks, Mark</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us">mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us</a></span><div class="iw">
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Subject: </font><span class="gI">LL-L 'Traditions 2010.12.21 (02) [EN]</span><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Roger asked: “<span style="color:black">Does somebody know where this tradition is coming from?”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:black">Well,
it could be folk etymology, but I heard that it comes from the Tlingit
tribe in the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada and the USA. You can read
about the tradition at </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potlatch" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potlatch</a>. We took a tour in the Ketchikan, Alaska area and that’s what we heard. Like I said, it could
be a tour-guide’s explanation.</p>
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Mark Brooks
<br><br>----------<br><br><font>From:</font><span class="gD"></span><span class="gD"> </span><span class="gI"><span class="gD">Mike Morgan</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com">mwmbombay@gmail.com</a></span></span><span class="go"></span>
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Subject: </font><span class="gI">LL-L 'Traditions 2010.12.21 (02) [EN]</span><br><br>Unfortunately, potlucks are NOT what they used to be... although they are still a big part of such events like family reunions.<br>
<br>Nowadays
family reunion potlucks (at least in SW Virginia) seem to have as many
(or more) people contributing KFC chicken and Popeyes sausage or ham
biscuits as making a traditional/home-made dish to share. <br>
<br>the decline and fall of civilization...<br><br>mwm<br><br></div></div><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)" size="2"><div style="text-align:center">=========================================================<br>
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