nm34@sdcc12.UUCP (nm34) (04/11/85)
From "Funk and Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of the
English Language, Britanica World Language Edition" Vol. 1,1955:
GRATEFUL DEAD The motif of a cycle of folk tales which begin with the
hero's coming opon a group of people ill-treating or refusing to bury
the corpse of a man who had died without paying his debts. He gives his
last penny, either to pay the mans debts or to give him a decent burial.
Within a few hours he meets with a travelling companion who aids him in
some impossible tack, gets him a fortune, saves his life, etc. The
story ends with the companion disclosing himself as the man whose corpse
the other had befriended.
GRATIFICATION noun 1The act of gratifying; a satisfying or pleasing ...
As seen by a group of wierdos who called themselves the Worlocks in
1965.morse@leadsv.UUCP (Terry Morse) (04/15/85)
> > From "Funk and Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of the > English Language, Britanica World Language Edition" Vol. 1,1955: > > > GRATEFUL DEAD The motif of a cycle of folk tales which begin with the I had always heard that the aforementioned reference to the Grateful Dead was found by Jerry in a book of Bartlett's quotations. Any arguments there? -- Terry Morse UUCP: { (ucbvax!dual!sun!) | (ihnp4!qubix!) } sunncal!leadsv!morse
nm52@sdcc12.UUCP (Alec MacCall) (04/19/85)
In article <411@leadsv.UUCP>, morse@leadsv.UUCP (Terry Morse) writes: > > > > From "Funk and Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of the > > English Language, Britanica World Language Edition" Vol. 1,1955: > > > > > > GRATEFUL DEAD The motif of a cycle of folk tales which begin with the > > I had always heard that the aforementioned reference to the Grateful Dead > was found by Jerry in a book of Bartlett's quotations. Any arguments > there? > -- > The quote I copied came directly from the Book of the Deadheads. I really dont know anything about it besides that. The Book of the Deadheads indicates that Funk and Wagnalls is the source of the name Grateful Dead. - Andy Bindman
phil@osiris.UUCP (Philip Kos) (05/06/85)
> > > From "Funk and Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of the > > > English Language, Britanica World Language Edition" Vol. 1,1955: > > > > > > GRATEFUL DEAD The motif of a cycle of folk tales which begin with the > > > > I had always heard that the aforementioned reference to the Grateful Dead > > was found by Jerry in a book of Bartlett's quotations. Any arguments > > there? > > The quote I copied came directly from the Book of the > Deadheads. I really dont know anything about it besides that. The > Book of the Deadheads indicates that Funk and Wagnalls is the source > of the name Grateful Dead. > > - Andy Bindman Okay, for what it's worth: the new book 'PLAYING IN THE BAND' (St. Mar- tin's Press, copyright 1985 by David Gans) (thanks, Jody) says: Garcia: We were standing around in utter desperation at Phil's house in Palo Alto. There was a huge dictionary, big mono- lithic thing, and I just opened it up. There in huge black letters was "The Grateful Dead." It . . . just cancelled my mind out. The reprinted interview doesn't mention what dictionary it was, but then I've only just started getting into the book (and I have to give it back to Jody so soon, sigh). If I come across anything else I'll put it in as a followup to this. Phil Kos