[NEohioPAL]weighing in on The story behind "Break a leg" and Dr. Mudd...

Sun Oct 10 18:55:56 PDT 2004

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In a message dated 10/09/2004 10:05:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
cipra at apk.net writes:

My guess  is it was
first used at a command performance for the President (there were  periodic
revivals of interest in Booth's physician Dr. Mudd, which could  explain the
time lapse).
Off on a tangent here, but did you know that the expression "my name (his  
name, her name, whatever) is mud" came from Dr. Mudd, who treated John Wikes  
Booth's leg after the assasination?

Obviously, if one's name is mud -- or mudd, for that matter -- it  means your 
reputation has been tarnished, in some way.

That's all I have.

Bruce

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