I'm actually looking for Ron. Ron are you out there??? =) A few weeks ago you posted some info about Noah that I was really interested in. I was comparing it to what I have on him and noticed that you have 2 birth dates. One that was in the intro area that said 10-25-1846 in TN. But, the obit that you listed said 6-15-1848. Do you know which date is correct? Also, I got a kick out of seeing Byrd Duncan listed as being a physician!!! I am assuming this is the same Byrd Duncan that I knew as a little girl. I would think that there wouldn't have been many up in Laurel Grove. My dad pastored Laurel Grove Baptist Church for a few years so we were often invited to stay for dinner so we didn't have to drive back to Clinton. One Sunday we were invited to the Duncans' for a family get together of some sort. My sister who is 9 years older than me has a much clearer recollection than I do probably. I was about 6 or so at the time. I don't remember much about the food or the games that the kids must have played outside. There was a certain type of tree in Sam's front yard and he took some kind of stick that he got from the woods (my sister says it might have been willow) and cut it to my height. He measured a place at the tree trunk that stood in his yard, took a hand drill and drilled a hole in the trunk of it. Then he cut my hair, stuffed it into that hole and filled it in with the shavings from the drilling, plugging it. That tree was full of holes that had been plugged. I remember thinking it was a very weird looking tree. He took the stick that was cut to my height and placed it under the barn where it was dark and said when I out grew the stick, I would out grow my bronchitis. My mother swears that it worked...that I didn't suffer from bronchitis again as a child. Now...as an adult, I have suffered from it, so I figure that either my hair or stick has since rotted or maybe they've gotten rid of the barn and thew my stick away!!! Who knows! Also, Byrd would say a Bible verse over warts to take the warts away. My sister had a doctor's appointment that next week to have the wart cut off which was going to require stiches. The wart fell off early in the week before going to the doctor which saved a doctor bill! I can remember the family getting together on the front porch playing guitars and probably banjos (but I can't remember for sure). My sister tells me that Byrd taught others how to read shape notes. I know that they played and played and played and that the music and singing was wonderful. They sang a lot of hymns. My sister also remembers that the men ate first, then the women and guests, and then the children ate last. She said that "Mamaw Duncan" (Sam's wife) was the very last one to eat because she said she had to get everyone else taken care of first. There was also a log cabin that was still standing and there were some visitors (not sure if they were family or not) staying in the log cabin. This would have been about 1978 or 1979. Jennifer Harness Ayers **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)

I loved reading that story and wish people would tell us poor city raised people more.I remember a so called aunt that read tea leaf's for my Mom & Mom took it as gospel. Phyllis ----- Original Message ----- From: <JennH13@aol.com> To: <TNANDERS-l@rootsweb.com>; <TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 7:21 PM Subject: [TNANDERS] mountain remedies, Noah Harness, Byrd Duncan > I'm actually looking for Ron. Ron are you out there??? =) > > A few weeks ago you posted some info about Noah that I was really interested > in. I was comparing it to what I have on him and noticed that you have 2 > birth dates. One that was in the intro area that said 10-25-1846 in TN. But, the > obit that you listed said 6-15-1848. Do you know which date is correct? > > Also, I got a kick out of seeing Byrd Duncan listed as being a physician!!! > I am assuming this is the same Byrd Duncan that I knew as a little girl. I > would think that there wouldn't have been many up in Laurel Grove. My dad > pastored Laurel Grove Baptist Church for a few years so we were often invited to > stay for dinner so we didn't have to drive back to Clinton. One Sunday we were > invited to the Duncans' for a family get together of some sort. My sister who > is 9 years older than me has a much clearer recollection than I do probably. > I was about 6 or so at the time. I don't remember much about the food or the > games that the kids must have played outside. > > There was a certain type of tree in Sam's front yard and he took some kind of > stick that he got from the woods (my sister says it might have been willow) > and cut it to my height. He measured a place at the tree trunk that stood in > his yard, took a hand drill and drilled a hole in the trunk of it. Then he cut > my hair, stuffed it into that hole and filled it in with the shavings from > the drilling, plugging it. That tree was full of holes that had been plugged. > I remember thinking it was a very weird looking tree. He took the stick that > was cut to my height and placed it under the barn where it was dark and said > when I out grew the stick, I would out grow my bronchitis. My mother swears > that it worked...that I didn't suffer from bronchitis again as a child. > Now...as an adult, I have suffered from it, so I figure that either my hair or stick > has since rotted or maybe they've gotten rid of the barn and thew my stick > away!!! Who knows! > > Also, Byrd would say a Bible verse over warts to take the warts away. My > sister had a doctor's appointment that next week to have the wart cut off which > was going to require stiches. The wart fell off early in the week before going > to the doctor which saved a doctor bill! > > I can remember the family getting together on the front porch playing guitars > and probably banjos (but I can't remember for sure). My sister tells me that > Byrd taught others how to read shape notes. I know that they played and > played and played and that the music and singing was wonderful. They sang a lot > of hymns. > > My sister also remembers that the men ate first, then the women and guests, > and then the children ate last. She said that "Mamaw Duncan" (Sam's wife) was > the very last one to eat because she said she had to get everyone else taken > care of first. > > There was also a log cabin that was still standing and there were some > visitors (not sure if they were family or not) staying in the log cabin. > > This would have been about 1978 or 1979. > > Jennifer Harness Ayers > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-du ffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNANDERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message