Thank you Iley -- I had no idea about that. Now the cast iron skillet -- I have one that was handed down to me that originally belonged to my great Grandmother Susan Whittenberg Phillips that was born and raised in Greene County, Tn. I agree with you on the quilting and for that matter the soap making and candle making too. Now for the signs, we still use them when it comes to working the cattle. You can laugh if you like, but the signs do work. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iley Thompson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] WWI Soldiers | Tan -bark was the bark striped off of hardwood trees in large sheets,they | would take a ax and split the bark long ways up the trees and then around | the trees , and pry it off in one piece,it then was gathered up and loaded | onto a wagon and hauled to the tannery in Chattanooga. There it was soaked | in large vats of water to produce a acidic liquid called tannin that was | used to processes hides in to "tanned leather". Our ancestors let nothing go | to waste,they used every thing until it wore out or was used up. | I still have a set of cast iron cook ware that was give to me by my | grandmother when I set up house keeping the first time,part of the set was | given to her when she set up house keeping in 1916,by her grandmother.I also | have a quilt that she made in 1917 out of scraps ,from a old sofa .Quilt | making was one of the things you had to learn ,just like how to plant by the | "signs",and when to kill hogs and cure the meat,or how to make whiskey. Just | things you had to learn. | Iley | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "macbetty" <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:52 PM | Subject: Re: [TNMARION] WWI Soldiers | | | > Iley what is tan-bark? and what did the tannery do with it? | | > | > | | | | ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== | *********************************************************************** | PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, | requests for help, and other genealogical related information | that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a | possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no | soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. | Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . | Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ | *********************************************************************** | | ============================== | Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the | areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. | Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx | | |

Betty The "signs" as they are called have been used by farmers for thousands of years to plant by,the almanac that we use is just a written version of what has been handed down generation to generation. I read up on the subject one time,and it goes back into pre-history,there are all kind's of effigies that have been built,just to mark the passing of the season's so that every one would know the best time to plant crops in a particular area of the world. ----- Original Message ----- From: "macbetty" <[email protected]> > Now for the signs, we still use them when it comes to working the > cattle. You can laugh if you like, but the signs do work.