Dan==The way we ride fence is thr tools we carry is plier==hammer==some staples small role of wire==rope==on the fence riding the one that isreally the smart one is the horse you can doze off in that rocking chair==the horse watching the fence will stop at a break ==can't make him move till you get off==need that saddle just to sleep in==some thing to eat and your bedroll==and clean pr. of socks==extra clothes and a coat SHADOW BEAR

Good morning Shadowbear. I have heard my uncles tell of riding the fence rows to repair the fences, but I guess our families never owned a farm large enough to be gone long from the house to need a change of clothes or bedroll; oh, I also know younger kids took a lunch in a "syrup bucket" out to the workers, be they mending fences or howing or plowing in the fields. In case someone reading this never heard of "syrup buckets", they were metal buckets very much like gallon paint cans of today with the little metal bail for carrying. These cans/buckets were used during harvesting of sugar cane that was converted into molasses syrup in the late summer and this was a very hot job! I watched it from a distance and the heat coming off that fire needed to cook the syrup could be felt from viewing distance. The too young to work kid taking lunch out to the "field hands" as they were called in my youth in the 30's carried a bucket with his lunch also. He got to sit down in the middle of the field and eat and when every one had finished eating, it was back to work and the "kid" gathered all the buckets up and returned them to the kitchen where my grandmother or a daughter washed them to be ready for the next day. "Water breaks" - that is my description - buckets would be filled at least twice a day from the well or spring, and if there were two kiddos to haul water to the field, they would fill the bucket and slip an old broom handle through the bail on the pail and they had to walk at the same pace or someone got water dumped on them! Everyone drank from the dipper that went to the field in the bucket. Thanks friend, for reminding me about things done on our grandparents farm - I hope I didn't bore you while I set my recall to type. Bettye ----- Original Message ----- From: "shadowbear270" <shadowbear270@webtv.net> To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:10 AM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Fence Rider > Dan==The way we ride fence is thr tools we carry is plier==hammer==some > staples small role of wire==rope==on the fence riding the one that > isreally the smart one is the horse you can doze off in that rocking > chair==the horse watching the fence will stop at a break ==can't make > him move till you get off==need that saddle just to sleep in==some thing > to eat and your bedroll==and clean pr. of socks==extra clothes and a > coat > > SHADOW BEAR > > > ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== > <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> > <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> > Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list > ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >