Gossip on neutral ground

Written By RWhitcomb-editor

"I see no truth at all in the myth that New Englanders are taciturn --- they love gossip as well as anyone I ever knew -- the talk takes place mostly on neutral ground: in stores and barnyards, at auctions and church suppers. Your home is private.''

 

-- Noel Perrin, in The Amateur Sugar Maker (1972)

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