Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 02:00:00 LCL

From: "M. Lynne Murphy" 104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA

Subject: dare queries--maple seeds



i've been kinda out-of-it, and just got my issue of NADS, so excuse

me if anyone else brought this up.



the DARE queries asks for other terms for maple seeds (they have

'key'). we always called them "helicopters" in the finger lakes

region of new york (1970s-1980s). this is obviously because when the

seeds fall off the trees, they whirl about with the 'wings' acting

like helicopter rotors.



(the other thing we'd always do is split the seed-pod part open and

stick them on our noses, since the insides are sticky. we looked

like idiots, but i don't think there was a name for the practice.)



lynne



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