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From: nm52@sdcc12.UUCP (Alec MacCall)
Newsgroups: net.music.gdead
Subject: Re: Funk and Wagnalls
Message-ID: <261@sdcc12.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 10:53:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 19 10:53:34 1985
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In article <411@leadsv.UUCP>, morse@leadsv.UUCP (Terry Morse) writes:
> > 
> >      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
> 
> I had always heard that the aforementioned reference to the Grateful Dead
> was found by Jerry in a book of Bartlett's quotations.  Any arguments
> there?
> -- 
> 

     The quote I copied came directly from the Book of the
Deadheads.  I really dont know anything about it besides that.  The
Book of the Deadheads indicates that Funk and Wagnalls is the source
of the name Grateful Dead.

                        - Andy Bindman