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