Date:  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 16:10:26 -0800

From:  Peter McGraw <pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CALVIN.LINFIELD.EDU>

Subject: Re: "False Faces"



I always called them "masks," as did all my childhood playmates in La

Jolla, CA, in the late 40s and early 50s - except for one who called them

"false faces." Unfortunately, I don't know what part of the country his

parents came from.



Peter McGraw

Linfield College

McMinnville, OR



On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Dennis R. Preston wrote:



> Natalie,

> Me too, me too (Louisville, 1940's).

> Dennis

>

>

> >I was interested in Luanne's brief mention of "false faces" in Chicago

> >since I had forgotten that term, even though it was what we always called

> >Halloween masks when I was little. Do any of the rest of you remember

> >using that term?

> >  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)

>

> Dennis R. Preston

> Department of Linguistics and Languages

> Michigan State University

> preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot.msu.edu

>