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Boils and ghouls curious about the show's history should keep reading, or more puns will follow.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2022

A Five-Month Season Boils Down to One In recent weeks, as another college football regular season concluded in dramatic fashion and universities once again began to switch conference affiliations, the college basketball season started.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2012

Three years ago, the had a local punk-rock group, the Boils, record several songs.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2010

This week, Victory's second chapter, The Pacific Boils Over, had TV critics cheering again.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indolent Ulcers and Boils, Chickweed and Wood Sage Poultice for.—"Equal parts of chickweed and wood sage pounded together make a good poultice for all kinds of indolent ulcers and boils."

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson