no, havent heard, but I like it!!! keep 'em coming. Rebecca ---------- > From: Melissa Jones <tsaritsa@ix.netcom.com> > To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARDREW-L] old wives' tale? > Date: Monday, October 26, 1998 11:30 AM > > 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