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Subject: Re: [FOLKLORE-L] Texas: A World unto itself
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 13:02:50 EDT
This was neat Asa. Ya'll have some important and some strange sounding
Texas towns/cities.
Marsha
It takes half an hour to drive from PITTSBURG to OMAHA, and it is only
54 miles from BOSTON to DETROIT, but the POINTBLANK route from EARTH to
PARADISE is via GASOLINE. There are COLFAX. If you try your VERIBEST,
you can find UTOPIA. Texas towns all, and while Massachusetts has one
Boston, Texas has BOSTON, NEW BOSTON and OLD BOSTON. No Harvard and no
beans, but PRINCETON and OKRA.
Without leaving Texas, you can go to Holland, Malta, India, China,
Ireland, Italy, Trinidad, Turkey, Palestine, Scotland, Egypt, Erin and
Moravia. You can visit Jericho, Liverpool, London, Macedonia, Moscow,
Manchester, Tampico, Tokio, Troy, Vienna, Warsaw, Tunis, Odessa,
Newcastle, Paris, Petersburg, Rugby, Sparta, Sheffield, Stockholm,
Athens, Bolivar, Cadiz, Canton, Dorchester, Dresden, Dublin, Edinburg,
Geneva, Genoa, Oxford and Bogata. These are all cities, towns or
villages in Texas. Named after more famous cities? Not so. Take
Dublin, for instance. In the early days a large double cabin was built
where the villagers sought refuge during Indian raids. They "doubled in"
to "Double Inn" at such times and the town was eventually named Dublin.
. .
You will find Blackfoot & Bluetown, Dial & Telephone, Alto &
Tennerville, Dresden & China, Cash & Price. There are Cement &
Friendship, Commerce & Industry, Concord & Grapevine, Concrete &
Stonewall, Energy & Pep, Mickey & Finney, Paris & Green, Sherwood &
Forest, Burlington & Rock Island. There are Desota & Dodge. . ., Wells &
Fargo, Fisk & Goodrich, Hope & Crosby, Morgan & Vanderbilt. Oilso, you
will find Humble and Oiltown, Texico & Gasoline, Phillips & Petroleum. .
.
There is mixed company in Booth & Lincoln, Burns & Allen, George &
Washington, Carmen & Mirando City, Happy & Chandeler, Cordele & Hull,
Davey & Jonesboro, Elsa & Maxwell, Irene & Dunn, Lillian & Russell,
James & Monroe, Ogden & Nash, Fred & Waring. You will also find
Franklin, James, Elliott & Roosevelt. . .
Texas is the place where:
Folks undress in PLAINVIEW
Take baths on FRIDAY in COLOGNE
Get PETTY in the CACTUS at the CROSS ROADS.
Where girls have a STRUCTURE as STOUT as VENUS
And are CONTENT to seek COMFORT with TARZAN.
They are Texas towns. >>
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