She thought about how folks believed that if you ducked your head in oak stump water, your straight hair would grow out curly. She had always wanted to try it, but Ma forbade it, and besides, oak stump water stunk sour.

What they do in Muslimville is their business.

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Wellheads, which support downhole tubing, casing, and other components, are connected at the top of wells to Christmas trees, which control production rates and fluid flows out of the well and may also direct fluids and equipment into the well