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Date Posted: 12:05:49 06/02/08 Mon
Author: Gachnar
Author Host/IP: 216.186.63.176
Subject: Could be Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
In reply to: AnInstant 's message, "Seems like a long time ago question" on 09:21:30 06/02/08 Mon

. . . except that the person was stoned to death, not imprisoned.

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[> [> p.s. -- Gachnar, 12:12:19 06/02/08 Mon [1] (216.186.63.176)

A lot of the New Yorker readers at the time thought it was a thinly-disguised Lexington, MA, but I don't believe the town was named in the story. The stoning was supposed to ensure a good harvest.

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