Now, why you sending me up there in that stanging snake territory? Them thangs ull roll up and run you down quickern greased lightning. 'Sides, we got wild hogs everywhere, and both Skunksie and Little Bit rather meet up with a hoop snake anyday than a old wild hog. rdea > > I don't ever remember bringing a dead rattler home to show off!!! > But, my Grandma Clara Glennon used to endorse this old wives tale > about them not dead 'til sundown. She also used to tell me that if I > killed a snake and we needed rain, to turn him belly up to bring rain > before sundown on the next day. If we didn't need rain, leave him > belly down. (I still practice this "custom"!!!) > > My Grandma Clara had me convinced until I went to college and took > biology that there were "stanging snakes" that lived at the spring > in the back of the field behind the old Shiloh Presbyterian Church!! > To this day, I have never seen that spring because I was never allowed > to venture out there and was always scared of them rollin > "Stangin' snakes" that lived there. > > Cousin Rdea, why don't you stomp off up there and see if that sprang > is still there - or at least send my beloved Cousin Skunksie? > > BW > > > > > Hi, everyone, > > > > One of my distant cousins sent a nostalgic e-mail to another list we're > > both on. She was reminiscing about "old times". > > > > This particular sentence caught my eye: > > > > >If you killed a rattler, you didn't bring > > >him home 'til the next day to show him off > > >...snakes don't die 'til sundown. > > > > > > Has anyone else ever heard this? Early this summer, Dad and I sat around > > with cousin Jeff Loveless and his dad Eugene and they told us some of > > their rattler stories, but I don't remember hearing this about the snakes. > > > > Anyway, old superstitions like this are fun to explore...so, anyone know > > about snakes not dying 'til sundown? > > > > --Melissa > > > >