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<body><P >If you have adobe homes... </P>
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<P >I remember as a child we would make ditches around the house to prevent rain run off from getting into the foundation and the walls of the house.</P>
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<P ><FONT class="">Tezo</FONT>.</P>
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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:54:41 -0500<BR>From: dfrye@UMICH.EDU<BR>Subject: Re: Cuaxochtli<BR>To: NAHUAT-L@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>On the other hand, irrigation ditches and canals almost always run between fields (not down the middle of fields) and do serve as boundary markers. I am not familiar with ditches running around houses.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>David</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Nahua language and culture discussion on behalf of mmccaffe@INDIANA.EDU<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 2/20/2006 6:29 AM<BR><B>To:</B> NAHUAT-L@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cuaxochtli<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>1) a "ditch" is not a boundary marker. what we are talking about here is more<BR>than like a stone...a series of stones....or just one stone. Not a ditch<BR>around a house.<BR>Michael<BR></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><br /><hr />Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/' target='_new'>MSN Messenger</a></body>
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