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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.

Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Violinist
Butcher Holler
Kentucky
Loretta Webb
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Tipping
Halloween
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