David,

I don't think hygiene/olfaction was the issue in this instance.

Harry


At 07:13 PM 10/18/2003, you wrote:
> >In Bahia, Brasil, and perhaps elsewhere in that country, seashells are
> considered bad luck!<
>
>Perhaps this originally referred to specimens that were not well-cleaned?
>
>     Dr. David Campbell
>     Old Seashells
>     University of Alabama
>     Biodiversity & Systematics
>     Dept. Biological Sciences
>     Box 870345
>     Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0345 USA
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>That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
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>Droitgate Spa

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