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“ByThe Shores of Gitchi Gummi”
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Description from MaryLou: "On the shores of Gitchy Gumee, Of the Big-Sea-Water, stood Nokomis..."
From the poem "Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Gitchi Gummi is the Chippewa name for Lake Superior. Just thought you might want to know!!
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On Aug 15, 2012 at 4:22 pm #
NY Bella says:OMG! Does this ring a bell! We had to memorize parts of the poem in elementary school. Haven’t thought about it in years!
Your pick is striking – I love the color combo and ES ceramic elements! Nicely done!
On Aug 15, 2012 at 5:17 pm #
Luna Chick aka Coral says:Very cool pick!
On Aug 15, 2012 at 10:09 pm #
foxhill designs vt says:A beautiful pick. Thank you for the description. I love to learn new interesting facts!
On Aug 16, 2012 at 9:24 am #
sunny chick says:A gorgeous, brooding pick! MaryLou, have you ever heard of a song called “The Edmund Fitzgerald” sung by Gordon Lightfoot? If you get a moment, listen to it.
On Aug 16, 2012 at 5:55 pm #
MaryLou says:The song would make me cry every time I heard it..it hit me hard..I was a kid but I remember that November the Edmund Fitzgerald was lost!