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The history of the back scratcher is a bit sketchy, although a number of ancient civilizations did use extending devices to scratch under elaborate costumes and wigs during ceremonies. ... The tip of a modern back scratcher is often in the shape of a curved human hand, with the "fingernails" acting as sharp-edged scrapers.
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-back-scratcher.htm
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The History of the Back Scratcher. Although the original inventor of the back scratcher is a matter of conjecture, this useful tool has been around for ...
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www.ehow.com/about_5044377_history-back-scratcher.html
www.ehow.com/about_5044377_history-back-scratcher.html
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･ 1 Buy a back scratcher. Find the one that suits you best--there are many choices. You can find wooden... ･ 2 Hold the back scratcher in the hand you would normally use to scratch an itch. Alternatively, use the... ･ 3 Turn the back scratc...
http://www.ehow.com/how_2189598_use-back-scratcher.html
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Backscratchers through history ... , on the other end to perform the actual scratching. Though a backscratcher could feasibly be fashioned from most materials, most modern backscratchers are made of plastic...
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www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Backscratcher
www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Backscratcher
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Little is known of the history of the back scratcher, or when it was first used as a tool. However, in recent history it was unquestionably also employed as a kind of rake to keep in order the huge "heads" of powdered hair worn by ladies in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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www.backbliss.com/back-scratcher/back_scratcher_history...
www.backbliss.com/back-scratcher/back_scratcher_history.html
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A long time ago in the kingdom of Ch'u, history, one day, stopped. ... The Lord High Chief Philosopher's bodyflesh was cut into little strips and dried as treats for the Emperor's menagerie, and the long philosophical fingernails were mounted on the end of an ivory stick as the Emperor's backscratcher, for remembrance.
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www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/emperor.htm
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“[As] its name suggests the primary use of the tool is backscratching, but little is known of its history, ... Like most of the obsolete appliances of daily life, the backscratcher, or scratch-back, as it was sometimes called (but not in the 20th century), has become scarce except as a cheap novelty item at discount stores...
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www.aw-wrdsmth.com/offers/Backscratcher.html
www.aw-wrdsmth.com/offers/Backscratcher.html
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The "backscratcher" was an arrangement of five M2A1 antipersonnel mines, mounted around the base of the tank turret, that could be fired electrically from within to protect the tank from suicide attacks by Japanese foot soldiers armed with "satchel charges" (crude wooden boxes filled with explosives), molo-
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www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Beachhd_Btlefrnt/Chapte...
www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Beachhd_Btlefrnt/ChapterXXIII.html
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He stands on the corner selling backstratchers near my house and wants to expand his Backscratcher museum to include manifestations of an imaginary backscratcher history.
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www.scribd.com/doc/14815231/lorol
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