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A pair of partially beaded Nez Perce moccasins.
; ...replaced the old flexible sole type. Construction Each moccasin is constructed with dual side-seam construction--one...protruding tabs. These are typically used on Plateau moccasins. [Figure 2] A separate hide ankle extension is sewn around the higher part of the moccasin, forming an ankle wrap. This ...
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The purple moccasin. (short story)
; THE PURPLE MOCCASIN A young runaway sets out to find Jesse James but soon...bushes. I heard that tall bareheaded man say distinctly, Flower of my life, I shall yet lift the purple moccasin from alien soil! The little girl laughed with a terrified...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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TRY WALKING IN MOM'S MOCCASINS.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)(GEORGE HESSELBERG)(Column)
; ...George Hesselberg You could show up today with diamonds and flowers and pedicures. If you want that gift to last, however, bring...a learned publication. She just made sense. She said the flowers and pedicures are not bad ideas. But, if you really want...part of. It's the theme of walking in the other person's ...
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 "American News (Aberdeen, SD)")
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Green thumbs dig gardens: Community parcels in Aberdeen popular for variety of crops, flowers.
; ...East Gardens, which are across Moccasin Creek from the West Gardens...State University. Beautiful flowers: NSU custodian Gary Bretsch...beets and dill, he also plants flowers. This year, he plans to plant...in Aberdeen, he plants only flowers there. I like being out in...
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THE LADY'S SLIPPER
; Lady's slipper. Moccasin flower. Squirrel shoes. The scientific name...imagination, the inflated hanging sac of the flower bears some resemblance to the wooden...endangered species. In some states the flower is protected by law, but it is no longer...
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beadstore
; ...glass case holds 40 pairs of moccasins. They vary in color, size...have only one small beaded flower. Rosanna Sampson, the store...owner, was taught how to make moccasins by her father, who made them...children. The skill of making moccasins has been passed down through...shoes, so my grandmother ...
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Lady's-slippers: orchids in the wild.
; ...the inflated pouch on the flower, called a lip, which reminds...the pink lady's-slipper or moccasin flower, the yellow, the ram's head...they can survive at all. The flowers that we so highly prize have...land on the lip and enter the flower where they are temporarily...
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THE BROADER PICTURE: Petal pushers
; ...unrecognised, adventurers: the French flower-pedlars of the 19th century. These men...rented shops. Those shown here (from left: moccasin flower; walnut; American horse- chestnut; and gentian) date from the mid-19th century. Flower pedlary first appeared in France in about...
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LITTLE JEWELS IN THE GARDEN.(Flavor/Gracious Living)
; ...yards in any direction away from the large clump of flowers, about the size of a smallish backyard, no lady-slippers...pink slipper pouches nod from leafless stems. Smaller flower petals top the slipper like a floppy sun hat. Two leaves...growing on the property. She was hoping to have the flowers ...
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Sale brings out the holiday spirit
; ...was selling her usual fine line of moccasins, moccasin key chains and an assortment of flower arrangements. Glaubitz discovered the art of moccasin making while working at her previous...While I was working...I would make moccasins on the side. My employer's friends...
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