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We have whippoorwills out here at the farm.
I think I've told this story on AWAD before, but probably nobody paid it any mind, so I'll tell it again.
My Granddaddy Percy's name was William Percy Elder. On the mailbox on the old dirt road to his farm was a mailbox with "W. P. Elder" painted on it.
I was about three years old, learning to read by sounding out letters, and I remember thinking that W. P. Elder on his mailbox stood for "Whippoorwill Elder" because of the whippoorwills out here. The "William Percy" connection I missed completely. Story of my life. Miss the obvious and fill-in-the-blank with the fantastic.
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