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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Over 1000 ghits but many refer to ‘Harry Potter’ books where such a tree must be mentioned. There are some genuinely eggcornish examples too, where the ‘whippiness’ of the tree’s branches are invoked:
talking about getting Butts beat, my mom would make us go get our own switch to spake our butts, and we had a whipping Willow in are yard and she would make …
www.chinstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181&page=3 – 41k – Supplemental Result – Cached
... the many Plectrodera scalator hanging on to the whipping willow foliage for dear life; the moment of panic when I saw my first Cacostola salicicola hit …
www.insectnet.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.c … DCForumID1 – 85k – Supplemental Result – Cached
He whipped us with a numerous barbers belts (sharping razors on) Billow paddles (made of 1” oak) Whipping willow branches (as in flogging). ...
lambsroar.com/db/index.php?act=ST&st=600&t=1320 – 115k – Supplemental Result – Cached
The tents, carried through black waters and whipping willow stands with fly and ground sheet complete, were catching wind like spinnakers of a sailboat in a …
www.wildriverfish.com/season_report_05.php – 44k – Cached
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The willow tree of choice for the whippoorwill.
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s’pose it’s related to the Whomping Willow?
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