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No listener questions this week, buuuuut, triple your Balderdash, triple your fun! Special Guest Ken, of the Antiques Freaks Podcast, stops by to quiz me on some words no one outside of the 19th c. or a horse barn would know. Ken & Co. prepared THREE rounds of Balderdash for me! I should not have been surprised that the first word had a nautical theme. Will I be able to find the correct definitions of Tom Astoner, skewbald, and rainscald? I might, if I can stop making cultural asides.  After the break, we delve into early Fall in New England. I need a cider donut. When you're at the Garlic and Arts Festival, the compostable, corn plastic cutlery melts in the trash, not in your mouth. And what's up with that delightful, sweet smell of crunchy, fallen leaves?  Where to go in New Bedford for a historical time? Ken has answers! Join us as we question Melville's motives and plot a course for Ishmael to maybe, someday, get on a flippin' boat already.  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *   Join the conversation in the New Yankee Wordshop group. You can find us on Facebook.  Have you got a burning question about English or Portuguese? You can post it to the Facebook group, OR you can record it in your own words at our site Anchor.fm/new-yankee-wordshop. Hit the Message button! Wanna win a couple free, custom-made masks with fun fabric? Rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast, then post a screenshot of one of the three to the New Yankee Wordshop Podcast Facebook page to enter. We'll draw a winner September 18. Check out @priscillamakesmasks on Instagram to peruse your fabric options.  You can find the Antiques Freaks Podcast on Podbean, or wherever you like to listen. Join the Antiques Freaks Friends Facebook Group, find them on Tumblr, or join in on their Reddit subgroup.