Saved His Skin
Billy Sunday was not original in suggesting that his hide should be tanned and used for a drumhead, states Major Burnal Webb in The Musician. History reports that Ziska, a wild, one-eyed Bohemian, chief of the Hussites, asked his followers to use his skin for a drum which should be carried in front of the troops. By this means he hoped, even after death, to encourage his men to victory.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 45, 24 January 1949, Page 3
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73Saved His Skin Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 45, 24 January 1949, Page 3
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