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2 unusual facts about Sugar Magnolia


Sugar Magnolia

Aside from obvious references to several types of plants (magnolia), the line "jump like a Willys in four wheel drive" refers to the Willys Jeep, which was actually "jumped" off the ground by some drivers.

In Donna Tartt's novel, The Secret History, the hippies would only allow admission to the bunker to those who could recite the second verse of 'Sugar Magnolia'.



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