Dancing around the May pole is one of those things they used to do 'over in the olde country " MANY years ago....The powers that be just about stamped it out... LOTS of May apples in huge swaths down in the woods here...some have blooms, some don't.. I've tasted the fruit and didn't like it.....The plants look like green umbrellas...I think it spreads by underground runners......Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ On Thu, 1 May 2008 21:01:41 -0400 "Mary R Mungo" <MRMungo@Comporium.net> writes: > You know... when I was a child, about a hunnert years ago, we used to have a 'May Pole' at school

Mary Clyde, We had it in the Georgia schools. The teachers made i big deal about it. So many of the old ways have been lost with nothing worthwhile to replace them. Sad but true. Regards, Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary R Mungo" <MRMungo@Comporium.net> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] May Pole > You know... when I was a child, about a hunnert years ago, we used to have a > 'May Pole' at school and we would dance around it, holding streamers of > different colors. We had lots of fun. I've never seen that done or heard > of it since then. Did any of you ever do that or was it just a South > Carolina thang!!! > MaryClyde > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "carol hall" <lola5341@setel.com> > To: <SOUTHERN-CHAT@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:33 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] May Day > > > > Happy May Day to you 2 Lee... > > > > Did you ever hear of May Apples ??? > > Carol > > > > > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: lcbjr2@juno.com > > Date: 5/1/2008 7:12:32 PM > > To: SOUTHERN-CHAT@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] May Day > > > > > > I Wish All A Very Happy May Day ,,,lee > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > > Enter for Your Chance to WIN > > A brand new 2008 hybrid car filled with a year supply of beauty produc > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno > > com/TGL2111/fc/JKFkuJNznlOTK85EwBjVxasM4u03YPHnBxCHD0AXKaKqiM2xyUPCck/?count = > > 234567890 > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > --- > > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 080501-0, 05/01/2008 > > Tested on: 5/1/2008 8:43:42 PM > > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bob, does any Southern-Chat mail show up on your computer ?? If it does take it and hit rely to all./. This way it puts the right e-mail address for SOUTHERN-CHAT into your address book ... Well Duh ! I got this one even though you did`nt say any thing~ Carol in Ky. -------Original Message------- From: Bobby Hatfield Date: 5/1/2008 5:34:52 PM To: SOUTH-CHAT Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Trying to post again ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Lee...and the same to you. I have had a lazy day...Stella

I am very glad you all liked the story of THE TREE...I was undecided as to whether to send it. Who is our list administrator now? I guess she will tell us if a subject is off topic. I like any story or information to help people, or to enlighten them on life's problems.Stella

You reminded me of the time I pruned my mother's rose bushes, but I did it on purpose. She lived in southern California. I don't know know if she hadn't pruned them yet or didn't know how to prune the bushes to get the maximum affect. They were quite large and I had learned how to prune rose bushes to make them come back better. I was out there pruning her roses, cutting them close to the ground when she came outside and saw me. She told me I had better not have killed her rose bushes (she had some pretty ones) or I was in for it. I told her I knew what I was doing. I had pruned them down to about one foot above the ground. Sure enough they came back prettier and more bushier than before, no long branches to avoid. After I married, we bought the Encyclopaedia of Gardening and I devoured those books. That was one of our good investments. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: askgranny@juno.com<mailto:askgranny@juno.com> To: SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:22 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Buzz has the garden shears ! Oh NO ! 'Buzz' ..I watched in amazement and heard him say '' There. That's out of my way." Sure enough, he could now walk under it with all ease....THEN he wrestled the pruners into position and snipped off a rose branch ! Realizing that my beautiful climbing rose bush was about to become a ground cover I lunged up the hill just in time to stop him from cutting off a large gracefully arched rose cane......In spite of Buzz angrily explaining to me how that thing needed to be gotten out of his way I confiscated the pruners.....and returned them to Papa where they belonged....Then I went back to the garden and put the peach branch and rose cuttings with the apple tree limb Buzz severed the LAST time he got the pruners....Yep, that boy is a great help in the yard.....................................................Jeannie T

'Buzz' is a great little helper in the yard, and you usually only have to show him something one time and he has it....of course being a clever young man he notices what other folks do also....I was down in the garden using the hand held nippers to trim some bushes when I noticed him coming across the yard with Papas BIG pruners.....Whacking them into the ground every little bit didn't do much for the mossy grass OR the pruners, but I thought it was worth it to keep him busy till Papa could catch up to him...He walked up to the peach tree and before I could say 'Don't do it ! He had snipped off a low hanging limb..I watched in amazement and heard him say '' There. That's out of my way." Sure enough, he could now walk under it with all ease....THEN he wrestled the pruners into position and snipped off a rose branch ! Realizing that my beautiful climbing rose bush was about to become a ground cover I lunged up the hill just in time to stop him from cutting off a large gracefully arched rose cane......In spite of Buzz angrily explaining to me how that thing needed to be gotten out of his way I confiscated the pruners.....and returned them to Papa where they belonged....Then I went back to the garden and put the peach branch and rose cuttings with the apple tree limb Buzz severed the LAST time he got the pruners....Yep, that boy is a great help in the yard.....................................................Jeannie T

Stella, This is a keeper. Love it!!!!! LaDonna ================== JEREMIAH 33:3

Stella, I love this ! Thanks I`ll save it.. Love you Carol in Ky. -------Original Message------- From: Stella Roper Date: 4/30/2008 2:18:01 PM To: Southern-Chat@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where Is Everybody? I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation.. His face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss. Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier. Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children... So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again." "Funny thing is,"he smiled," when I come out in the morning to pick'em up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before." THIS ONE IS WORTH SENDING ON. "Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I loved your article and sent it on to a few people I know of that take their troubles home with them...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:13:16 -0500 busmar1852@webtv.net (Stella Roper) writes: > I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he > had > just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him > lose an > hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck > refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. > On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As > we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, > touching the tips of the branches with both hands. >

I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.       On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands.       When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation.. His face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.       Afterward he walked me to the car.   We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.       Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children... So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again." "Funny thing is,"he smiled," when I come out in the morning to pick'em up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."     THIS ONE IS WORTH SENDING ON. "Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet."

I suppose all of you saw the news. It is just as I said...Sam's is importing their rice. only 10% of suppliers in this country buy imported rice...but Walmart's and Sam's fall in that group. I just wish Sam Walton could come forth from his grave, wouldn't he be shocked? He started Walmart's with the slogan......"--Made in the USA' I do not care...myself..I have never bought food from there, because of the wide chain and the brand names. I did buy a bunch of leeks there one day...while getting medicine.But since then, moved my prescriptions to Walgreens. Oh well...we now know, there is no shortage of rice that is grown in the states.Stella

Y'all can have your bears... Once in awhile we see a wildcat, but not very often... sometimes you can hear their screech at night in the woods across the way. I saw a cayote crossing the field beside my house. I'm kinda out in the boondocks, so it's not unusual to see thisNthat around. I saw our first Hummingbird this morning. I just wonder why they are so late coming this year! Hummingbirds and Cardinals are my favorite birds... course, I love the lovely bluebirds too! Phooey, they're all my favorites. My cat likes them too... he got one of the little finches the other day. Now I know that he is capable of taking care of himself if something happens to me or if I'm gone for a few days. MaryClyde ----- Original Message ----- From: <askgranny@juno.com> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Rice and Gasoline and Bears > I've never been up that far in KY. but used to go visit my brother the > Brother near Greeneville, in E TN...He'd see that we got a chance to go > woods walking but always warned us to watch out for bears....Our yakking > always gave them plenty of warning to get to a safer place, apparently, > because we never met one on the mountainside....We often heard the > neighbors peacocks giving out with that annoying 'Hallllppp !' call and > I told Sis it wouldn't do any good for us to call for help if a bear did > get after us.....Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:04:56 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) "carol hall" > <lola5341@setel.com> writes: >> Jennie T. >> I live in Cumberland, Ky. Harlan Co. half way up Big Black Mountain > tallest Mt. in Ky. >> Carol > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 080428-0, 04/28/2008 > Tested on: 4/28/2008 7:44:55 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > >

I've never been up that far in KY. but used to go visit my brother the Brother near Greeneville, in E TN...He'd see that we got a chance to go woods walking but always warned us to watch out for bears....Our yakking always gave them plenty of warning to get to a safer place, apparently, because we never met one on the mountainside....We often heard the neighbors peacocks giving out with that annoying 'Hallllppp !' call and I told Sis it wouldn't do any good for us to call for help if a bear did get after us.....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:04:56 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) "carol hall" <lola5341@setel.com> writes: > Jennie T. > I live in Cumberland, Ky. Harlan Co. half way up Big Black Mountain tallest Mt. in Ky. > Carol

Jennie T. I live in Cumberland, Ky. Harlan Co. half way up Big Black Mountain tallest Mt. in Ky. Carol -------Original Message------- From: askgranny@juno.com Date: 4/27/2008 1:17:33 AM To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Rice and Gasoline and Bears Just where in KY do you live ? I want to be 'dern' sure I don't vacation there ! Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:19:03 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) "carol hall" <lola5341@setel.com> writes: > I thought some one was stealing my new > garbage ben, made for Bear proof... > > Ran out side and a big Bear raised about 7 feet in the air.. > Good thing I was closer to the house.. > > As long as you got Bears they wont steal your gas.. > Carol in Ky. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just where in KY do you live ? I want to be 'dern' sure I don't vacation there ! Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:19:03 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) "carol hall" <lola5341@setel.com> writes: > I thought some one was stealing my new > garbage ben, made for Bear proof... > > Ran out side and a big Bear raised about 7 feet in the air.. > Good thing I was closer to the house.. > > As long as you got Bears they wont steal your gas.. > Carol in Ky.

Yes, we are once again recovering from a visit with that little dynamo named Buzz....He had rather an odd hairdo when he got here..sort a copy of his new Step dads...It took us a good while to get used to it...........Then he decided he didn't want a haircut like his Step dads...nor did he want it to look like Son's, he wanted it to look like HIS haircut..so he cut it....He sure got it right..it looked JUST like something he would appreciate...Prom's all over town had the beauticians reeling, and folks standing in line...SO Granny had to try and fix it....I'd sooner thread a sewing machine and it running than cut that child' hair again ! {I'm saving up money to tip the girl that cuts his hair.}.........He realized things weren't going too well when I kept muttering under my breath ...Oh my Gosh, etc...Finally he said ' How's it look ?" I said '' Do you want me to tell you the truth or lie to you ? "He thought about it briefly and said " Tell me the truth ." I said. "Well...it looks awful , I'm afraid...." He thought that one over a sec then said calmly " Lie to me ." Whatta boy ! The neighbors Lab got loose and since they were gone all day it stayed around our yard for the 'weenie roast,' etc...Buzz had a hard time keeping up with young Harley, and would get worried if he went in the woods....Once hubby went down there to get him out of the edge of the woods where they HAD been playing minutes before and they were gone ! He finally found them way over on the next ridge....Buzz following Harley and trying to get him to be a good dog and come back....This all happened in less time than it takes to tell it...as Buzz can move at darn near the speed of light....If we weren't watching him so closely no telling how far they would have gone..Buzz went down there with me recently so knows basically where to walk...He didn't get any ticks as far as we know but hubby got one....He's like a tick magnet...and allergic to them to boot...Other than a scrape and scratch or too Buzz is alright....I miss that youngen........Jeannie T

I thought some one was stealing my new garbage ben, made for Bear proof... Ran out side and a big Bear raised about 7 feet in the air.. Good thing I was closer to the house.. As long as you got Bears they wont steal your gas.. Carol in Ky. -------Original Message------- From: askgranny@juno.com Date: 4/26/2008 11:02:07 PM To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Rice and Gasoline We've had locking gas caps on our vehicles since it started going up in price....The gas tank lid is recessed and you have to pull a lever inside the car ..The neighbors big basset hound is tied up in their yard very near our cars....and ALL the dogs bark when anyone pulls in either drive or when we go out back at night....SO far my request to install the two motion detector lights I bought hasn't had results...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:57:10 -0700 "Belle Shepherd" <belleshep@cox.net> writes: > Hi all, A friend of mine living near Atlanta, says gas is being syphoned from cars left sitting in driveways. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1399 - Release Date: 4/26/2008 2:17 PM .