Yes, to the red paint.? The fields would be blown clean of snow and it would try to go to the roads.? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Richard Emlin Reed <remlinr@tampabay.rr.com> To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 9:47 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Ain't and Ain't Not I know the area about which you are speaking. Newmanstown, where I was born and raised, is only about six miles from Myerstown (Moyershtettel); and ten miles from Mt.Aetna (Wohlebershtettel). I, too, have ancestors buried on St. John's Cemetery. Our children called my mother "back to Mammy" amd my wife's grandmother, "down to Mammy". The latter was less than a quarter mile from our house. Whenever my wife made something for supper that my younger son didn't like; he would say, "I'm going down to Mammy". One night, he returned in a few minutes. When my wife asked him what was the matter; he replied, "She's having the same thing you're having". Speaking of mud; are you old enough to remember Governor Gifford Pinchot? He ran for governor on, among other things, a slogan about getting the farmer out of the mud. He built a lot of "Pinchot roads". And, yes, I remember the snow drift fences; laths of wood, held together by twisted strands of wire; and intended to keep the wind from blowing the snow on the roads. Weren't they always painted barn red? Memories, like dreams, are almost always black and white. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Fox" <karenmfox@verizon.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Ain't and Ain't Not > Ah Herr Reed, you're bringing my memories back into focus with your > further explanations into ai'not and Ei Yei Yei. What smiles you bring to > me! My father's parents had both died before I (the eldest of my siblings) > was born. His mother' s PA D siblings, who all lived near each other on > farms in the Mount Aetna and Myerstown areas, acted as a passle of > surrogate grandparents to us. I remember the spring, summer & autumn > Sundays when the clan would all come together on the farms. My cousins, > siblings and myself would be traeted the same as the "real" grandchildren > that would come around. You never knew who might show up on those days - > there could be any or all of my father's aunts and uncles and their > spouses, my father's siblings and their spouses & children, his cousins > and their children. Summer Sundays at the farm were full of life and > noise! "Uphome" was what we all called my father's Aunt Carrie's farm (it > sat on a bit of a hillside) and "Downhome" was his Aunt Maggi! > e's farm. Aunt Maggie's property was adjacent to Aunt Carrie's but across > a few fields and lower in the "valley". The was another Grand-Uncle who > had a house & farm that was across the road from Aunt Maggie's house in a > different direction. You could see across the fields to Aunt Maggie's > house from Aunt Carrie's kitchen window and vice versa. From the back of > Aunt Carrie's house (the raspberry patch), you could see across the fields > in that direction to Mt Aetna and St. John's Church & cemetery - where my > gr-grandparents, grandparents and now my father and 2 of his siblings are > buried. Most of those wonderful siblings of my grandmother who were > surrogate grandparents to me, my sibs & cousins in our younger years are > now buried there as well. > > You'll notice that I didn't include "Winter Sundays" in my musings. Back > then it was all dirt roads once the turn off from the main highway (Rt. > 422) was made until you arrived at the farms. That was very treacherous > driving in the old cars of the era, so on rainy days when we would have > chanced getting stuck in the mud or once winter arrived with the snow > drifting across fields and roads(not to mention ice patches)....just made > it a bit too probable we'd get stuck between the highway and the farms, so > we didn't often venture out that way to visit in the winter (or on rainy > days in other seasons). > > Speaking of snow, remember the view of the snow fences that would be > erected each autumn and taken down in the spring? A few years ago, it > dawned on me that's just not something you see much of around here > anymore. > > Karen in Berks Cawhnty ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.