Date:  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 13:43:05 -0700

From:  Mary Bucholtz <bucholtz[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU>

Subject: Re: monkey blood



I heard it in rural NW Indiana as a kid (1970s). I didn't use it (the

term or the stuff) because my mom was paranoid about all red substances

after the Red Dye No. 5 (?) scare, so we used Bactine.



Mary Bucholtz

Department of Linguistics

University of California, Berkeley



bucholtz[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]garnet.berkeley.edu