Lagniappe 51: The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe




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Summary: The bells! -- The bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells -- the rhyming and the chiming of the bells! The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe (listen or download from link above) Inspired by the book and introduction found at SFFaudio. According to Webster la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\ Function: noun Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added Date: 1844 : a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure