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Tagged Beaver

An oral history of Catholics eating beaver (and muskrat) during Lent

Tyler Maas
March 18, 2020
A few weeks ago, our friend and occasional Milwaukee Record photographer Meg Strobel—hire her to take your photos!—told us a story that seemed too strange and hilarious to be true, but it totally is. According ...
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