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The Harvard rub

  • Dec 4th, 2005
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    • Here’s more action from Boston. In the shot below tourists rub John Harvard’s toes in a desperate attemp to resurect them. This is what many experts over the years have called “The Harvard Rub,” or trying to wake up a snow-covered toe (aka foot finger).

    See more shots of Boston and Cambridge, here.

    Cristian posted this entry on Sunday, December 4th, 2005 at 4:39 pm. Posted in the category American Life You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

    2 Responses to “The Harvard rub”

    1. Raluca Cozma Says:
      December 4th, 2005 at 5:23 pm

      Did you rub them as well? It’s said to bring good luck 🙂

    2. Kim H Says:
      April 26th, 2006 at 1:39 pm

      The ‘foot finger’ reminded me of an item we spotted on a Romanian menu in Brasov– “Chicken Thumbs” which of course turned out to be chicken fingers!

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