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I wonder if the word "mummie" in Italian has a broader meaning that includes zombies as well as what we think of as Egyptian-style mummies?
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I wonder if the word "mummie" in Italian has a broader meaning that includes zombies as well as what we think of as Egyptian-style mummies?
Archive 2005-07-24 2005
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I wonder if the word "mummie" in Italian has a broader meaning that includes zombies as well as what we think of as Egyptian-style mummies?
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Coppertop fighting for breath and with no "mummie" at hand to help and comfort him; and for the sake of Lady Arabella, too.
The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler
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His disgust, however, arises principally from the fact that the "mummie" prepared by the apothecaries must have been derived "from the carcases of the basest people of Egypt; for the nobelmen and cheefe of the province, so religiously addicted to the monuments of their ancestors, would never suffer the bodyes of their friends and kindred to be transported hither for filthy gaine and detested use."
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In the words of Ambrose Paré, the great surgeon of five French kings in the sixteenth century, is a full account of the preparation and administration of "mummie," -- that is,
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Den, wen teh blud is soppd up teh lef ober paper kan bee uzd tew wind teh evil-doer up lyke a mummie fer teh hansum poleecemens tew arres him
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God is a Jamaican mummie and there is always a seat for you at her table; always a cool glass of fresh mango carrot juice to welcome you, always a hot plate of stewed gungu and rice and peas; always a pot of ackee and saltfish, dumpling and green banana;
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God is a Jamaican mummie who always answers regardless of who is calling, whose arms are always
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The older women I spent time with during my visit each became a mummie to me, inspiring me to write “God is a Jamaican mummie.”
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