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Old 02-28-2005, 10:20 AM
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Oh, no. Every now and then, I see this story crop up-usually with variations of which fingers were to be cut off.

Unfortunately, there's no truth to it at all. It's a nice story, but doesn't wash.

http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.htm
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