Submitted by pallison on Sat, 11/08/2008 - 12:20pm.

Some definitions:

Clorox = clothes detergent carbon-tetrachloride = bleach.

forsythia = yellow flowers

Dutch elm = a tree

Imogene and Alafair = names of relatives, grandpa and grandma?

Artemus and Billie's Branch = a side of the family tree one identifies with

auger = wood-working machine

a sift = a filter used to separate things from each other

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