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Date Posted: 10:11:10 12/01/00 Fri
Author: Danny
Subject: Re: George Washington's ghost
In reply to: Ingird 's message, "George Washington's ghost" on 09:49:51 12/01/00 Fri

Also, The Mary Washington House in Virginia is haunted by Mary Washington, George Washington's mother.

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[> Re: George Washington and the # 13 -- Danny, 10:22:09 12/01/00 Fri

I'm really bored, can you tell?

Compton's book of legends states:

There are other characters--true and important characters--out of real
United States history about whom fanciful stories are told. From the
very beginnings of the country's life as a nation the people have told
these stories, adding to them or changing them as they told them in true
folk fashion.

To the soldiers who served bravely under General George
Washington in the days of the American Revolution, 13 was a very
fortunate number and not at all unlucky as folk beliefs have sometimes
said. Thirteen was the number of the colonies that were fighting King
George III and therefore the best number of all, said the soldiers.
General Washington had 13 teeth in both his upper and his lower jaws,
they said. He also had 13 hairs on the top of his head under his
powdered wig and a tomcat with 13 whiskers and 13 tiger stripes about
its body.


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