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Folklorist Michael N. Kline gathering the life story from Sandy Posey; photo courtesy Carrie N. Kline

John William Alonzo Gaskin (1951 -        )

In St. Mary's County, if I walk in a store and say, "Hello," You know, I'm going to have a half-dozen people say, "Hello" to me. It's just because it's part of our community. It's just, you know--. It's just the way it goes. You know. And in St. Mary's County, you're better off--. You'd much rather wave or say hello to somebody that you don't know than to miss somebody that you do [know]. . .

I just wave going down the road.

    And [my friends] say, "Well who is that?"
    "I don't know. I'm not sure. It's just, you know, somebody."
    And, the people wave back. . . .

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