What is juju? Is there such a thing as good juju, or is it only possible to have bad juju? This African term for a charm or spell took off during the Back-to-Africa movement in the 1960’s, and has been mentioned in connection with international soccer matches. This is part of a complete episode.
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Grant,
“…,while noodling (sp?) around….." Surely a Yankee is not stuffing his hand up holes trying to catch a catfish or an obscure reference. 😉
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