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Peaches grow wild, and pigs can live in clover A barrel of salted herrings lasts a year The spring begins before the winter's over.
Elinor Wylie
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Elinor Wylie
Age: 43 †
Born: 1885
Born: September 7
Died: 1928
Died: December 16
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Elinor Hoyt Martyn
Elinor Morton Wylie
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