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gerger | 06:53 Mon 08th Nov 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is your question?

 

08:40 Mon 08th Nov 2004
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No, thanks. I don't use it.
14:42 Mon 08th Nov 2004
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could't eat a whole piece but thanks for offering!
23:33 Tue 09th Nov 2004
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13:12 Thu 11th Nov 2004
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Andy? Ashley? Joe?
16:35 Thu 11th Nov 2004
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A little, do you have a blanket?
16:45 Thu 11th Nov 2004
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Can a person freeze to death in a coal mine?
02:39 Wed 17th Nov 2004
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my complete question is:

where does the phrase "coal in stocking" come from?

i am not interested in who does it,i want to know why it started.who was the first person to get coal & why

02:56 Wed 17th Nov 2004
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it is from the days when people were generally poorer.

it was given as a Christmas present a long with, traditionally, and apple, orange and a bag of nuts.

it is given for luck and supposed to be carried around on the body. my dad is 77 and to this day carries a piece of coal in his pocket - not sure why its lucky though - perhaps because it is a source of heat??

00:46 Wed 19th Jan 2005

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