unscribe --- Esta714@aol.com wrote: > What wonderful memories am I having after reading > about the old sayings, so > many of them was used by my family in the years of > my growing up. Hog > killing time is still some of my most treasured > memories. I have a picture of > my grandfather Omer Webster Cowen standing next to a > hog hanging on a > single-tree just after it had been dipped into the > scolding water. We could > hardly wait for them to cut it down the middle, > because we knew that the > first thing they would do would be cut out the > tenderloin and slice it into > bite-size pieces for us to roast over the fire under > the kettle waiting for > the fat to be rendered for those pork rind treats. > One saying that I always heard and still hear it > today is I fixed a mess of > beans or poke greens. How much is a mess? My > grandfathers family was from > MO, by the way of Ark. When they talked they used > this very slow speech and > yo'all, youngins, > and many more. The people in the town of Paden, > Oklahoma refereed to it as > the Cowen draugh. > Thanks again for all the memories. > Esta Russell > > > ==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/