My Grandpap Mellott lived on a big farm and saw mill with his two brothers; and this reminded me of Lucy. Lucy was a big, very big, very very big red pig, that became a favorite and was never butchered. I can remember she wasn't very friendly and we (grandchildren) were told to stay away from her. It is hard to even believe that I would have even ventured near Lucy, but I guess I did, because I clearly remember being told not to bother Lucy. I don't remember cows, horses or any other animal, except the dogs and chickens. I definitely remember the standing rule was: if you can catch a chicken, you can take it home. We (my brothers and I) spent many afternoons chasing chickens. We never took one home. On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:23:19 -0400 "CA BICKEL" <[email protected]> wrote: >About this time of year it was getting to be the hog butchering season for our ancestors. Does anyone have information or stories to contribute? Our ancestors were farmers and loggers in Greenfield Township and I have accumulated several stories about this annual event, including the one about our great grandfather. It is said he was old and frail but came out anyway on that cold day in November 1908. "He caught cold and died because he couldn't miss hog butchering day." > >Carol >(the city girl from Baltimore) > > > >----------------------------------- >No flaming permtted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out rule. >----------------------------------- >The Blair Co. mailing list has no association with the Blair Co. Genealogy Society. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Annie Whiteman PABlair List administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair