Irish slang for party or celebration; by extension, some substance with which you party or celebrate. I'm AWOH (Absent With Out Hooley) so I gotta boost tha Uncle's stash.
Henrietta Lacks was an African American tobacco farmer and mother of five. She died in 1951, but her cells were kept and studied by scientists without the knowledge of her family. The cells have been genetically sequenced once again without consent.
Henrietta Lacks 1920-1951 Summary... Video... Color Page... Pictures... Netlinks... Timeline ... Biography... Projects Henrietta Lacks was born to poor African American parents in the small southern industrial city, Roanoke, VA. When Henrietta was four, her mother died. Henrietta went to live with her grandfather. The Elder Lacks was a tobacco farmer in Clover, VA. His was home to many of his grandchildren. Henrietta got four years in school before she was needed in the tobacco fields. When she was 14, she had her first child, a daughter. When she was 20, she married the father of her children, her cousin, David Lacks. Henrietta was a pretty and friendly woman. She was a good mother, and a good cook.