Enjoying this talk about language, oil cloths, ice wagons, etc. Lynnea, I've never heard we Iowans spoke with a Scandinavian lilt. Will have to relate this to my husband whose name is Tor and is from the Swedish part of Finland. He'll get a good laugh but I don't think he will agree. He's been to Leon to visit my relatives and enjoyed the people and the countryside. I want to go back again! My cousin, Nancy, from Leon just informed me that Mary McDaniel passed away Sunday. She was 101 years old. I used to stay overnight at her house when she lived down the road from my Grandparents farm in Eden Township. Her daughter, Carolyn, and I were about the same age. We had so much fun riding her horse and goofing around! Well, Merry Christmas to eveyone on the list. This is, of course, my favorite list and my favorite county in Iowa - Decatur! Jan Lund Jan4Gen@verizon.net