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Older Smith Islander (72-year-old male)


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I'll tell you about teenagers today, something that I didn't experience when I was coming up. It was only--I think there was three boys that went to high school when I was coming up, to Crisfield. But today, they go to high school. I'll tell you something else happens. In the process of learning away from here, they'll lose the knowledge of the water. It might be six years. It might take 'em six years to go through high school. They'll lose six years of the knowledge of the water, which is important. I mean if, if the fellows is gonna stay here and live. 'Cause you've gotta know what to do here if you want to live here.


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