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Birthday memory and mischief in old Athens tales
The excerpt recalls a well known Athens man’s birthday on Sunday May 15 and shared child hood reminiscences. It describes troops leaving with Joe Brown’s pikes, homemade toys, hog bladder fireworks, and a night misadventure where Prince and Rob sneaked to their room, mistaken as Brother Will, falling into Miss Willie Ann Norris’s bed and triggering a slippered punishment from their mother. The piece ends noting the old no foot board beds have fallen out of fashion.
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Athens
Joe Brown
Prince
Rob
Mother
Willie Ann Norris
Brother Will
Old Bill
Willie
O. K