From: mshaw@bangnetcom.com   
      
   linda.hoskins32@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Monday, August 6, 2012 at 1:27:08 PM UTC-4, Bill Gill wrote:   
      
   > > I am in an internet discussion group and one of the members has   
   > > claimed that the phrase "Born with a silver spoon in his mouth"   
   > > came about because rich people used to put a silver spoon in a   
   > > babies mouth to protect him/her from plagues and other diseases.   
   > > I have searched the web, not extensively, but I couldn't find anything   
   > > relevant.  I also checked Snopes and they don't have anything.   
   > >   
   > > Does anybody have anything to debunk the claim?  I figure that it   
   > > won't help, but at least I will be able to say I tried.   
   > >   
   > > Bill   
      
   > Actually silver helped cure some illnesses.  Look under collodial silver   
      
   You can find it filed under Medicine, Quack.   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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