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Subject: Funk and Wagnalls
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Date: Thu, 11-Apr-85 10:59:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 11 10:59:52 1985
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     From "Funk and Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of the
English Language, Britanica World Language Edition" Vol. 1,1955:


GRATEFUL DEAD The motif of a cycle of folk tales which begin with the
hero's coming opon a group of people ill-treating or refusing to bury
the corpse of a man who had died without paying his debts.  He gives his
last penny, either to pay the mans debts or to give him a decent burial.
Within a few hours he meets with a travelling companion who aids him in
some impossible tack, gets him a fortune, saves his life, etc.  The
story ends with the companion disclosing himself as the man whose corpse
the other had befriended. 

GRATIFICATION noun 1The act of gratifying; a satisfying or pleasing ...

    
     As seen by a group of wierdos who called themselves the Worlocks in
1965.