He was practically uneducated, barely able to read and write a simple sentence.

The regular Knothole section was in the right field pavilion, but sometimes the left field pavilion was open as well. The two sections would compete to see which one could root the loudest. After 1938 the Knotholers sat in the upper deck of the pavilions and stomped their feet on the metal floor until the noise reached a deafening crescendo. The teams played more and more night games after World War II, and as a result, Knothole days became fewer and fewer.

By analyzing the Roman Catholic shrinal renewal that has occurred throughout Chennai, especially at San Thome Cathedral Basilica the tomb site of St. Thomas the Apostle, this project will endeavor to answer the following sets of questions regarding the last decade or so of Catholic renewal and the revival of saint cults in Chennai […]

CLART. To spread, smear, or daub. A flake of snow, when it is large and sticks to the clothes, is called a clart. So we have clarts, mud; clarty, muddy, sticky. Clarty-paps, a dirty sloven of a wife.]