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Camp Names

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Camp-Names.mp3 Author Tanya Underwood Air Date 7/5/2007 Camp Names Transcript When they arrived in the United States, as we know, many immigrants shortened or changed their names. Sometimes this happened because of clerical errors or out of patriotism, but often it was because of a simple wish to start a […]

Legends of the Tooth Fairy

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Legends-of-the-Tooth-Fairy.mp3 Author Tanya Underwood Air Date 8/23/2005 Legends of the Tooth Fairy Transcript If only teeth grew on trees, and you wanted a larger upper bicuspid, for example, you could just go to the tooth tree and pick yourself a pearly new one. Were medieval Europeans trying to grow tooth […]