Mary,I am sorry I am not going to Kentucky,sure wish I was .You must be talking a bout someone else. My grand mother Annie E Westmoreland Haley,born 1-01-1890,had a treatment for Asthma,one of my brothers was born with Asthma so bad he had attacts that would turn him blue from choking.My grandmother went out and measured a tree limb as long as he was and put it up in the attic of the house,she said as this limb dried,so would his Asthma,and it sure worked,his Asthma has never returned and he is now 40 years old.I would love to know what kind of tree or bush this was,anyone have any ideal? Betsy Good Hunting ! Surnames; Paternal side; Haley,Westmoreland,Clayton. Maternal side; Gillion,Frost,Panter/Painter,Madison, Ford,Lawrence,Norris,Clements,Pendley,Jenkins,Cheverous,Lentz,Tittle,Tyree,Tirey~ Check out my new home page; http://community.webtv.net/HALEY_DILL/BetsysFamilyTree

Louisiana is ALMOST as wonderful as KY! hehehe There are lots of old plantations along the river [Mississippi] between New Orleans and Baton Rouge and even on up to Natchez MS. There are some of them that are supposed to be haunted. This is not something that I am into, so I really don't know too much about that part of it. I'm into the gardens and the antiques in the houses! The Jazz Funerals are the way to go. I saw some when we lived in NO. As far as I know, that is the only place they are done that way. The Olympia Brass Band is (I think that's the right name) is THE band to get, but any would do! What I saw was the street parades. Never have been to the funerals themselves. Guess you'd have to know the person to do that. Jan At 06:59 AM 9/17/1999 -0400, Ramona wrote: >Hi Jan! >I must see Louisiana! >I knew about the above ground cemeteries. >I have heard of the old Mansions---and the VooDoo burials is that true? >Also my sister Robyn has decided on an Old Time Jazz burial in Louisiana, >they do seem like a good way to send a loved one off to Glory. >Have you been to a Jazz Funeral? >Thank you, >Ramona

myfamily.com, it's through Ancestry but it is free, is another site designed for family interaction. Judy -----Original Message----- From: Ramona <kywy@zoomnet.net> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 2:38 AM Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] A GOOD MORNING TO ALL! >Hi Joann, >I will check out Family Point---now do I have the name right? >My Events looks like a good site to. >Does any one else know of a good site( for free) were we can chat and >organize our recipes, memories, home cures, and all else we share here >on Kentucky Legends. >Thank You, >Ramona > > >

Hi Jan! I must see Louisiana! I knew about the above ground cemeteries. I have heard of the old Mansions---and the VooDoo burials is that true? Also my sister Robyn has decided on an Old Time Jazz burial in Louisiana, they do seem like a good way to send a loved one off to Glory. Have you been to a Jazz Funeral? Thank you, Ramona ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Craven <jcraven@usunwired.net> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] JUST A LITTLE JABBER > At 07:52 PM 9/16/1999 -0400, Ramona wrote: > [SNIP] > >Jan--Thank you for the information about yourself. > >I would love to visit Louisiana for the cooking---visiting the > >cemeteries--and Anne Rice's Ghost Tour. > The cooking is the best anywhere. I KNOW you folks cook good too, > but you never hear of anyone going up there for the food. ;o) > The cemeteries here are above the ground with vaults. Even over here on > the west side of the state. The ground water level is so high, especially > in south LA that folks have to be up higher than up thar in the high > country! > >The thought of attending the Mardi Gras scares me---have you been to the > >Mardi Gras--is it as wild as it seems? > Yes it's wild. I have been, but not since the early 70's. I used > to go when I was a little girl but things were a LOT different then. > That was in the 50's. Even then, we wouldn't go on Canal Street. > We (hubby and I) lived there in the early 70's. Folks start Mardi Gras > on the 12th night of Christmas, so there is much more to it than just > MG day. In fact the schools in NO close the two weeks before. There > are parades every day and lots of parties. Those are great. It's just > the ones on the weekend of Mardi Gras that get rough. > King Cake is what I love about it. It is like a big cinnamon roll with > lots of powdered sugar icing on it but it is shaped like an oval tire > (hole in the middle) It is about 13 x 9 and they bake a little plastic doll > in the cake. The deal is that who ever gets the piece with the doll in it > has to have the next king cake party. > Well...guess I've rambled enough. > Jan > >

Hi Pat, When I think of KY collages I think of two: Morehead and Berea--I think they are two of the oldest; aren't they? Thank you, Ramona ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Oneal <peon@icx.net> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 1:07 AM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] WEB PAGE > Don't forget---the long KY Rifle is also representative of KY. I kinda > like the idea of a collage. Stephen Foster's "Old KY Home". Have to think > on it for awhile. Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judy & Jeff Smith <jjkith@theriver.com> > To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 12:33 AM > Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] WEB PAGE > > > >I like buckskins as a KY image(I saw a great mountain man a couple of > weeks > >ago, his costume was nice, too). > >Judy > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ramona <kywy@zoomnet.net> > >To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > ><KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> > >Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 8:12 PM > >Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] WEB PAGE > > > > > >>Here's my ideas for our web page: > >>Log Cabin > >>Coon Skin Cap > >>Coal Oil Lamp > >>Quilt > >>Kentucky State Flag > >>Confederate Flag---to represent our history. > >>Let me know what you think! > >>Thank you, > >>Ramona > >>ps After we get it purty---we will decide on our links. > >>HELP! > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > >

Dolores---Thank you for asking about my back---I can't get it rested to get it better--but I am coping. I have to go to Waverly today to baby-sit my Grandsons--by daughter got called into work. Helen---I like your idea of sharing what event most changed our lives. Friends please share on this good suggestion---I will share mine this evening when I get home. WELCOME: LOIS---EVELYN---SHERRY--OLDBONES! And to everyone else --have a very good day! Leona Judy Richard our other Judy Nancy Sandy Barbara and who am I having the discussion with on the Bell Witch? I have lost that e mail---and some of my senses I believe! Sincerely, Ramona

Thank you for telling us where Gravel Switch KY is. Now where is Marion County and what does the L & N stand for on the Rail Road Line. Thank you, Ramona

Is the Lodge you are referring to at Cumberland Falls called the DuPont Lodge? When we stayed at Cumberland Falls I recall the name of the Lodge there as being DuPont. It is a beautiful Lodge--and thank for recommending a table by the dining room windows to our Ladies going to Cumberland Falls State Park. The view down to the River, the birds, and wild life makes one's whole meal more enjoyable. Sincerely, Ramona

Thank you for the information on the Wooley Worm Festival. Is there a link where they list Kentucky Fests---I will try to find one. Everyone else can look for a link to Kentucky too. Lynn my Dad's family had the clothes horse or hall tree. Dad's Kentucky family is my side of the family who doesn't drink coffee and are very polite. They are all teachers and merchants--not farmers. At Gramma Ruth Fraley Smith's Home she had a wash bowl--pitcher of water on a little table with a mirror over it and a towel on a peg that sat on the back porch. I have antique toys--books--bottles--old tins--pictures--plates--that have been in the family forever. I use them for decoration. I love old things--I am more comfortable with them. We use our grandparents' lamps in the living room--and Gramma Bayes' dresser is in use in the bedroom. Dad's WW 2 footlocker sits in the guest room. Memories of family gone---these old treasures of theirs help warm our home. I love it that you do your plowing the old fashioned way! We both seem to enjoy the old way of life. Sincerely, Ramona

Aunt Mavis' High School Year Book from Sandy Hook HS is just like you described the dress--blue jeans and boy's nylon shirts---no jewelry. The piece of furniture could have been a Hall Tree, I just thought it was pretty and different. I really had not thought about it until Richard mentioned the Hat Rack. Mark sent the message along on the Three Wise Women because he likes strong-willed women. I had given up on my son ever getting married because to quote, "Mom why do girls think they have to agree with everything I say?" "Don't they have any ideas of their own?" Mark was raised in a family of out-spoken women who will give their opinion on any topic---any where. So when he found Our Peg--and she jumped right in with the rest of us women in the family with her 2 cents of her OWN--Love hit Mark! Cousin, Mona

Hi Joann, I will check out Family Point---now do I have the name right? My Events looks like a good site to. Does any one else know of a good site( for free) were we can chat and organize our recipes, memories, home cures, and all else we share here on Kentucky Legends. Thank You, Ramona

Ladies going to Cumberland Falls-------Just a suggestion, if you've never visited Cumberland Lodge at Exit 11, Williamsburg, take a few minutes and make a quick stop. Bear right at exit, turn Left at Light, and just a matter of several hundred yards ahead you'll turn Left again into the parking lot of the Lodge. The lobby itself is a sight to see. Look above you and see the ceiling. The cherubs painting will leave you in awe. Each cherub represents the child of someone who died at an early age. The cherub riding the horse represents the son of Cumberland College president, Taylor and his wife Dinah, who was killed in a car wreck at age 16. Other cherubs are holding apples, hearts, etc. It is quite impressive. The dining room is decorated with book shelves and a big player grand piano. If you don't eat there, walk into the dining room just to see it anyway. I think you'll like it..............Pat -----Original Message----- From: Lynn McKay <granny2Lynne@LORETTOTEL.NET> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] changing the subject >I called a friend in Jackson Co, KY, tonight and he looked in the local news >magazine from the power company up there. It lists every festival known >throughout the state for the current month. It is not listed for September. >We both think (I used to live there too and remember the festival) it occurs >in early October. He is going to check this week for me and let me know. I >will post when I hear from him. > >Lynn >-----Original Message----- >From: Eric Chapman <madmarla@netcommander.com> >To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com ><KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 1:20 PM >Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] changing the subject > > >>Hey, does anyone know when the wooley worm festival in beattyville,ky, is. >mm >> > >

OOH Betsy!!!!!!! I envy you for getting to go to KY. Could you come by my house in Tucson and let me stow away in the trunk or something? Remember they used to do that at the drive-in when there were too many people and not enough money. At least bring back to me some of that fresh smelling air. Mary

Isn't that where Minni Pearl was from? Mary

I called a friend in Jackson Co, KY, tonight and he looked in the local news magazine from the power company up there. It lists every festival known throughout the state for the current month. It is not listed for September. We both think (I used to live there too and remember the festival) it occurs in early October. He is going to check this week for me and let me know. I will post when I hear from him. Lynn -----Original Message----- From: Eric Chapman <madmarla@netcommander.com> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 1:20 PM Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] changing the subject >Hey, does anyone know when the wooley worm festival in beattyville,ky, is. mm >

Who of our Listers using Messengers can give Joann the information she requested. Isn't that what all those numbers are about? I'm not very good at computers and messengers. Thank you, Ramona

Hey gals, Thanks for the suggestions of what to look for and do while we're visiting Cumberland Falls next month ......it's my first time there and I can hardly wait!!! You keep talkin, and I'm gonna pack and leave TONIGHT!! Becky in AZ

Good Evening Everybody, Joann--I remember everything you do about Saturday nights down home in Elliott County---but the card games. Two family members were shot by other family members playing cards and after the second shooting the family thought it best to put a stop to 'em. So Saturday became Haint Tales/with Let's scare so and so to Death; usually me or my Aunt Dottie since we were to most nervous. And music night---good old mountain music. Leona--Bless your heart for your kind words. I think a group of friends can be as warm and caring on the Internet as they can meeting in one another homes. Jan--Thank you for the information about yourself. I would love to visit Louisiana for the cooking---visiting the cemeteries--and Anne Rice's Ghost Tour. The thought of attending the Mardi Gras scares me---have you been to the Mardi Gras--is it as wild as it seems? WELCOME CARL WELCOME BETTY LOU To all new subscribers I would like your input on what to put on the Kentucky Legends Web Site. Lynn--I don't want to load the page down with too many graphics--does a vote sound good to you. Mary--how does the vote sound to you? How many graphics? Is 4 too many? Please let me know. Thank you, Ramona

At 07:52 PM 9/16/1999 -0400, Ramona wrote: [SNIP] >Jan--Thank you for the information about yourself. >I would love to visit Louisiana for the cooking---visiting the >cemeteries--and Anne Rice's Ghost Tour. The cooking is the best anywhere. I KNOW you folks cook good too, but you never hear of anyone going up there for the food. ;o) The cemeteries here are above the ground with vaults. Even over here on the west side of the state. The ground water level is so high, especially in south LA that folks have to be up higher than up thar in the high country! >The thought of attending the Mardi Gras scares me---have you been to the >Mardi Gras--is it as wild as it seems? Yes it's wild. I have been, but not since the early 70's. I used to go when I was a little girl but things were a LOT different then. That was in the 50's. Even then, we wouldn't go on Canal Street. We (hubby and I) lived there in the early 70's. Folks start Mardi Gras on the 12th night of Christmas, so there is much more to it than just MG day. In fact the schools in NO close the two weeks before. There are parades every day and lots of parties. Those are great. It's just the ones on the weekend of Mardi Gras that get rough. King Cake is what I love about it. It is like a big cinnamon roll with lots of powdered sugar icing on it but it is shaped like an oval tire (hole in the middle) It is about 13 x 9 and they bake a little plastic doll in the cake. The deal is that who ever gets the piece with the doll in it has to have the next king cake party. Well...guess I've rambled enough. Jan

Could you please post again how to join the ICQ site. I would like to look into it. thank you Joann