Hi Norma, Did ever bring back memories of my Dad, he said zink for sink, earl for oil, terlet for toilet. My brother and I would make him say it over again until he said it the New Jersey way not the New York way. Betty, researching: DILLEY, HOCKENBURY, DEATS, THATCHER, TRIMMER, all from Hunterdon Co,. NJ MURRAY from Bronx, NY and NJ

Betty and Diesel, Guess its a common thing, didn't think anyone else said those words. File the floor really got to me when I thought about it the other day, but at the time never gave it a thought. My Grandparents were really old time farmers, my Granny smoked a corncob pipe, wore long dresses and I can see her in a rocker yet, smokin and rockin. My smokin was behind the barn with dried corn silk for tobacco. I loved going to their house it was a fun place. The food was good but not what I ate at home. I remember the Cornstarch Pudding, her cakes were flat ones, no icing. Toasted the bread on a coal stove lid. In the winter there was a pot on the stove it had onions in water, and the longer it was on the stove the thicker it got. They used it for colds. Their lunch was stuff from the garden, tea and a lot of the time Corned Beef from a can. I didn't mind I ate it. Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: betty <grandma.dilley@verizon.net> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 4:53 AM Subject: [NJ-Memories] zink for sink, > Hi Norma, > > Did ever bring back memories of my Dad, he said zink for sink, earl for oil, terlet for toilet. My brother and I would make him say it over again until he said it the New Jersey way not the New York way. > > > Betty, > researching: DILLEY, HOCKENBURY, DEATS, THATCHER, TRIMMER, all from Hunterdon Co,. NJ > MURRAY from Bronx, NY and NJ >