" Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels." Hebrews 13:2 This verse and the following were taken from the newsletter of the Angel of the Garden tea room and restaurant in Waynesville, Ohio: " We stepped out of the Victorian era momentarily on 17 July during our 'Simply Betsy Ross' candlelight dinner, which attracted several from Columbus and Dayton. The atmosphere was patriotic, the cuisine, adapted from Quaker recipes, delectable. The entree consisted of Breast of Chicken with fresh pears in cider cream sauce, accompanied with Dilled Summer Squash and Rice Pilaf. The main meal ended with our version of a Yankee Doodle Dessert and Fresh Peach Shortcake. Guests were entertained with colorful, historical stories of Betsy Ross and her Waynesville kin, along with the history of Quaker cooking. It was learned that Quaker cooking was a matter of nuance and those Quakers of the period preferred tea over coffee. Quakers of the 18th and 19th centuries also liked afternoon teas and lavish evening tea parties." I know this is not Kentucky, but I felt justified because several of my Kentucky kin live there and in the area, and this is a nice place to visit and enjoy the historical ghost stories and tours of Dennis Daulton, the Waynesville Town Crier. Their web address is www.1stpage.com/atog Ramona

Thank you, everyone for the soap ideas. I'll check out HGTV in the AM. I had to shut down tonite as a strong thunderstorm managed to find my house. I tried watering the lawn yesterday, but it rained all around here. Water, or the lack thereof, is a big deal here in the desert. Judy -----Original Message----- From: Ramona <kywy@zoomnet.net> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 7:04 PM Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] HI EVERYONE >Thank all of you for keeping our Legenders in the storm's path in your >prayers. >Thank you Grandma Fern for your sweet message this morning. >Judy---did any of the soap recipes look good to you? >Our Grandson Kyle makes soap for the ladies in the family for Christmas. >You can get the soap making kits in hobby and craft shops. > The soaps are made with glycerin and fragrance can be added. >Add an old fashioned tin, box, or basket--an you have a nice personal >gift. >Ramona >ps Was it you Judy that was looking for a festival date? > > > > > >

Lynn the poetry you send us is wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing them. Sincerely, Ramona

Thank all of you for keeping our Legenders in the storm's path in your prayers. Thank you Grandma Fern for your sweet message this morning. Judy---did any of the soap recipes look good to you? Our Grandson Kyle makes soap for the ladies in the family for Christmas. You can get the soap making kits in hobby and craft shops. The soaps are made with glycerin and fragrance can be added. Add an old fashioned tin, box, or basket--an you have a nice personal gift. Ramona ps Was it you Judy that was looking for a festival date?

More of our Friends and their Families in the path of Floyd. ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Chapman <madmarla@netcommander.com> To: Ramona <kywy@zoomnet.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] WHERE ARE YOU GIRLS > Good Morning, I have been gone for a few days to help my parents get ready > for the hurricane. They are in their 80's and live in Homestead,Fla. That's > at the botton of the state in case you don't know where it's located. The > place where Andrew visited in 92. We helped them put their awnings down. > They refused to come back up here with us...stubborn. Mom cleaned out their > hall closet and then put a cooler,pillows, flashlight,etc. and that is where > they will ride out the storm...sitting on a cooler in a hall closet. > Hopefully, it won't be too bad but if it is we will be back down there this > weekend. Today we get my mother in laws house ready. That's where we will > stay when it gets up here( N. Cent. Fla) We live in a mobile home so we're > not staying in it. Anyway, that's where I've been and what I've been doing. > MM > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ramona <kywy@zoomnet.net> > To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 5:01 AM > Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] WHERE ARE YOU GIRLS > > > > Where have you been: > > ANNIE > > JUDY > > JEAN > > JEANNE > > GAYLE > > LEONA OF CANADA > > SHERRY > > M.M. ANGEL > > GRANDMA FERN > > WILMA > > SHERRIE OF CA > > DOLORAS > > We are thinking of you---let us know how you are. > > Sincerely. > > Ramona > > > > > > > > > >

Hi Liv, Would you tell us another ghostly tale--anyone else have a tale to tell that will take our minds off this worry. Jump right in if you can think of anything. Thank you, Ramona

Pat, Was Whitley---Knox and Laurel all part of one county in the past? Ramona ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Oneal <peon@icx.net> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Looking for William Sturgill & Mary Fannin > Leona, (Whitley County, Knox County, and Laurel County) Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leona Crist <lcrist@ardmore.com> > To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Looking for William Sturgill & > Mary Fannin > > > >I haven't heard of any... what county is Corbin in? Leona > > > >---------- > >> From: Pat Oneal <peon@icx.net> > >> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > >> Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Looking for William > >Sturgill & Mary Fannin > >> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:03 AM > >> > >> Leona, > >> Were there any sets of twins in your Sturgill line? There was a > >family > >> of Sturgills in Corbin, KY that had several sets of twins in their > >family. > >> Pat > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Leona Crist <lcrist@ardmore.com> > >> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > >> <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> > >> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 9:11 AM > >> Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Looking for William Sturgill & > >Mary > >> Fannin > >> > >> > >> >I need help with: > >> > > >> >Any one who has any information on a William Sturgill and Mary Fannin. > >The > >> >last that I show them listed in on the 1910 Floyd Co Ky census. Wm was > >52 > >> >years old at that point and Mary was 46. It show 12 children 8 living > >> >Verner 29 > >> >Elbert 18 > >> >Silas 16 > >> >Sarah 13 > >> >Cora 11 > >> >Charlie 7 (My Grandfather) > >> >Fonzo 3 > >> > > >> >If anyone has any information on them, please contact me... Thanks, > >Leona > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > >

The Scavenger Hunt! Mary is doing census records---I have been checking KY query page listings---anyone else in on the search? Please let us know. Ramona ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mbdiggin@aol.com> To: <kywy@zoomnet.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU AREDOING RESE... > Hi Ramona, > I have checked the census records I have for each posting. So far I have not > found anyone. Each time I see a post I stop and do a lookup. > Mary > >

Hi Leona, The Sturgills were from North Carolina and I am desperately seeking William. I though I had found William Sturgill of Floyd Co, KY but this William's children are all still with us and he was a college professor at the University of Kentucky. We can put out a call for help on the Sturgill link here on RootsWeb. Should we try that? Let me know, Ramona ----- Original Message ----- From: Leona Crist <lcrist@ardmore.com> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Looking for William Sturgill & Mary Fannin > It's a possibility.... most that I have found of my family are in Floyd Co. > then go back to VA, and NC... don't know about the Sturgills just yet, > haven't gotten far enough ahead to figure it out.. Rumor is they are from > North Carolina... Don't know anything on the Fannin's yet...this side is a > real mystery other than the census... thanks for asking though... Leona > > ---------- > > From: Pat Oneal <peon@icx.net> > > To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Looking for William > Sturgill & Mary Fannin > > Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:34 AM > > > > Leona, (Whitley County, Knox County, and Laurel County) Pat > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Leona Crist <lcrist@ardmore.com> > > To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > > <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> > > Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Looking for William Sturgill > & > > Mary Fannin > > > > > > >I haven't heard of any... what county is Corbin in? Leona > > > > > >---------- > > >> From: Pat Oneal <peon@icx.net> > > >> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > > >> Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Looking for William > > >Sturgill & Mary Fannin > > >> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:03 AM > > >> > > >> Leona, > > >> Were there any sets of twins in your Sturgill line? There was a > > >family > > >> of Sturgills in Corbin, KY that had several sets of twins in their > > >family. > > >> Pat > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Leona Crist <lcrist@ardmore.com> > > >> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > > >> <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> > > >> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 9:11 AM > > >> Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Looking for William Sturgill > & > > >Mary > > >> Fannin > > >> > > >> > > >> >I need help with: > > >> > > > >> >Any one who has any information on a William Sturgill and Mary > Fannin. > > >The > > >> >last that I show them listed in on the 1910 Floyd Co Ky census. Wm > was > > >52 > > >> >years old at that point and Mary was 46. It show 12 children 8 > living > > >> >Verner 29 > > >> >Elbert 18 > > >> >Silas 16 > > >> >Sarah 13 > > >> >Cora 11 > > >> >Charlie 7 (My Grandfather) > > >> >Fonzo 3 > > >> > > > >> >If anyone has any information on them, please contact me... Thanks, > > >Leona > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >

Thank you Lynn! I wish it said something in the Foxfire Books about how to predict what this hurricane is going to do. It really looks bad. Sincerely, Ramona ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn McKay <granny2Lynne@lorettotel.net> To: Ramona <kywy@zoomnet.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] OPEN FORUM TODAY > Okey-dokey, here goes, Ramona................ > > This comes from one of the Foxfire Books: > > "Forecasting Winter by Weather" > Two frosts and lots of rain mean cold weather is near. > A late frost means a bad winter. > For every frost or fog in August, there will be a snowy day in winter. > At least three severe fogs in June or July mean early snow. > If it snows cross-legged, it will be a deep one. > If the first snow stays on the ground for three days, another snow will come > to top it. > If it frost before November 23, it will be a bad winter. > Lots of low rolling thunder in the late fall means a bad winter. > A long hot summer means a long cold winter--the hotter the summer, the > colder the winter. > > "Forecasting Winter by the Moon" > The number of days old the moon is at the first snow tells how many snows > there will be that winter. > > There's more for another time. > > Lynn from TN > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ramona <kywy@zoomnet.net> > To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com > <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 7:23 AM > Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] OPEN FORUM TODAY > > > >Good Morning to All! > >If anyone can think of anything to start a conversation please do. > >Do we still need recipes for Vinegar Dumplings and Onion Dumplings? > >Any questions about the LEGENDS OF KENTUCKY? > >Does anyone need a RECIPE? > >SHARE A MEMORY---TELL A KENTUCKY TALE---ASK ANY > >QUESTIONS CONCERNING KENTUCKY OR ANYWHERE > >FOR THAT MATTER. > >Thank you, > >Ramona > > > > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: benttree <benttree@bright.net> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 7:57 PM Subject: Unidentified subject! > Finally heard from Mom. She started to evacuate at 2:05 pm Monday > afternoon. She is in White Springs FL(20 miles s. of Valdosta, GA) and 75 > miles E. of Tallahassee) right now, and may move on later tonight or > tomorrow morning. Trying to rest and watch the weather reports, etc. right > now to see what they are predicting. Traffic in FL is practically at a > standstill. Mom said one lady has talked on cell phone to her husband and > children, and they haven't even made it to the interstate as traffic is so > jammed. I am going to monitor weather channel here, and call her back if > there is any other news that makes it look like she should evacuate further. > Right now, she can't go much of anywhere with all the traffic jams. FL just > has hardly any routes to go north on but the two main ones, and they are a > mess. Keep praying for everyone in the path of this thing. It really looks > bad for all. > Nancy: benttree@bright.net > > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: JeanneBain <jeannebain@simflex.com> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] KENTUCKY LEGENDS > Prayers for all of you in SC...I am not unsubscribing > for FLOYD, and it looks like it might come mighty > close after it leaves you...We had Fran come the > same path (right through Raleigh) She took most of the trees that would > bother us by falling, so we will stay here. > Jeanne > > >

Prayers for all of you in SC...I am not unsubscribing for FLOYD, and it looks like it might come mighty close after it leaves you...We had Fran come the same path (right through Raleigh) She took most of the trees that would bother us by falling, so we will stay here. Jeanne

This was sent to me from a friend. I think it applies to many of us! Long past midnight hours, before dawn . I jumped up from my bed, and pulled my longjohns on. Peeking out the window, the snow has stared to fall. Slipping on my overalls, I raced quickly down the hall. Rushing to the closet, grasping my old warp, I throw it over my shoulder, give the button a snap. Working all ten fingers, through the holes of much worn mitts, I stick my feet into the boots that thankfully still fit. Faster than is possible, I head straight for the door. Behind me I am dragging a sled from the years before. The wind is loud and howling, snow is blowing all around. Already what has fallen has covered white the ground. Tramping through the deepness, only my footprint to see, I head straight for the meadow; the hill waiting for me. A few more steps, I reach my goal, as always in the past I'll be the first to sled this hill, and I'll be the very last. Breathing in the cool night air, I witness the year's first snow. Perhaps this is my favorite spot, in all the sights I know. Holding tight in a world of silence, I shove off with my feet. Wind is picking up my hair, snow hits against my teeth. Traveling faster and faster, I struggle not to tip. Stretching out my snow-damp legs, I lean from hip to hip. What a big delight, this morn has given thee. As all years before have done, when it's just this hill and me. Now if I do my best to hurry, I can take another run. The sun will soon be rising, the day will have begun. But before that can happen, I must be back in bed. For whatever would the children think. ..if they knew Grandma used their sled!

Finally heard from Mom. She started to evacuate at 2:05 pm Monday afternoon. She is in White Springs FL(20 miles s. of Valdosta, GA) and 75 miles E. of Tallahassee) right now, and may move on later tonight or tomorrow morning. Trying to rest and watch the weather reports, etc. right now to see what they are predicting. Traffic in FL is practically at a standstill. Mom said one lady has talked on cell phone to her husband and children, and they haven't even made it to the interstate as traffic is so jammed. I am going to monitor weather channel here, and call her back if there is any other news that makes it look like she should evacuate further. Right now, she can't go much of anywhere with all the traffic jams. FL just has hardly any routes to go north on but the two main ones, and they are a mess. Keep praying for everyone in the path of this thing. It really looks bad for all. Nancy: benttree@bright.net

Roman Catholic here. To each his own, whatever gives you comfort and gives your life meaning, especially through God, is A OK. I am glad to know you, and all the other wonderful ladies and gentlemen in our very special circle. Kim -----Original Message----- From: Bobbie Lewallen [SMTP:blallen@ccdi.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 1:10 AM To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] KENTUCKY LEGENDS From: Joann Holland <joemar@kyol.net> I appreciate the fact that I am accepted with you all knowing I am a Mormon. Joann, We should ALL be excepted, no matter what religion, creed, or color!!!! Why shouldn't I, being a Baptist, accept you? Does that make you any less than me? Absolutely NOT! Hope you know that. I would NEVER be offended by someone else's religion. Bobbie

Part of Corbin was considered Knox County, and part Whitley County. Nancy: benttree@bright.net

Hey, does anyone know when the wooley worm festival in beattyville,ky, is. mm

Thank you Mary Joann ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mbdiggin@aol.com> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] KENTUCKY LEGENDS > Joanne, > We are all God's children and each of us have been given a path to follow. I > would never judge another's religion. God is the only one who has the > privilege of judging. We all love you. > Mary

Hi All... Romona , as to you talking to much...you could never talk to much. You have done a fantastic job of guiding and stimulating this group. I think I would speak for all when I say "THANK YOU". About the first lady into Kentucky. This was a sort of tongue in cheek type of thing but does provide food for thought. Accompaning Boones First group of men into Kentucky was a slave woman. I have seen no name given for her. In later years Boones son had a young slave he gave to Boone named Demming Coburn. He was apparently freed by Boone,married and had a family. He was Boones constant companion as long as Boone lived. Boone spent his latter years hunting,trapping and exploring in the company of Demming. Demmings Family was buried in the same cemetary as Boones family and Demming was buried beside Boone. I cant say, but think the chances are that Demming was the son of the woman that accompanied Boone into Kentucky. I dont have the Geneology records here at the moment but belive my ancestor who was with Boone was David Coburn. Don