Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 14:57:02 -0500
From: "Thomas J. Creswell" creswell[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CROWN.NET
Subject: The Johnstown Flood
-- [ From: Thomas J. Creswell * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
Does anyone remember the childhood injunction "Don't spit! Remember the
Johnstown flood"?
Even though the Johnstown (Pa.) flood occurred in 1889, the expression had
some currency well into the 1920's.
Is the expression now dead, or is it still in use?
Tom Creswell