Well knock me down and call me Shorty. Jim G ----- Original Message ----- From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:50 AM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > Enjoyed reading about tow sacks, bar ditches, poke, et cetera. I wonder if list members can't supply a lot of other good examples of our parents' "folk language" that we genealogists should preserve. such as "go butt a stump" for "go to H___," "fine as frog hair," "useless as hip-pockets on a hog," "mama-sow mean," "sucking on hind teat," and such. > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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

My first grade teacher was Laura Mae's sister, Rozelle Denton Raulston. She taught at Detroit later and then Clarksville. Cynthia -----Original Message----- From: sam embrey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect Sharon, thanks for your answer. She was my Third grade teacher. My Fourth grade teacher was also from Bagwell, Laura Mae Denton Kincade. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Black" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > Sam, > Yes, I knew Christine. She was my dad's first cousin. > She was the only child of Dr. Walter Stephens. > Sharon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sam embrey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:35 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > > > Sharon, I have been meaning to ask you, do you remember Christene > Stephens > from Bagwell that taught school in Detroit???/ > Sam > Paris > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== 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

"Ain't got no gumption" was a favorite of my granddad's, but his meaning for gumption was backbone. He also called the car trunk the "turtle" and spare tires "casuns". Granddad was a Fannin County guy. But my Dad, who was born and raised in Avery, had a favorite saying about the useless among us, About as useful as tits on a boar hog." Nancy Texarkana -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 08/10/05 11:37:19 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect Hidy John, How about "Ain't you got no gumption, child? for "sense". Bonnie Idabel, Ok >From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect >Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:50:10 -0500 > > Enjoyed reading about tow sacks, bar ditches, poke, et cetera. I >wonder if list members can't supply a lot of other good examples of our >parents' "folk language" that we genealogists should preserve. such as "go >butt a stump" for "go to H___," "fine as frog hair," "useless as >hip-pockets on a hog," "mama-sow mean," "sucking on hind teat," and such. > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >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 > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Sam, Yes, I knew Christine. She was my dad's first cousin. She was the only child of Dr. Walter Stephens. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "sam embrey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect Sharon, I have been meaning to ask you, do you remember Christene Stephens from Bagwell that taught school in Detroit???/ Sam Paris

Sharon, thanks for your answer. She was my Third grade teacher. My Fourth grade teacher was also from Bagwell, Laura Mae Denton Kincade. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Black" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > Sam, > Yes, I knew Christine. She was my dad's first cousin. > She was the only child of Dr. Walter Stephens. > Sharon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sam embrey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:35 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > > > Sharon, I have been meaning to ask you, do you remember Christene > Stephens > from Bagwell that taught school in Detroit???/ > Sam > Paris > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

Sharon, I have been meaning to ask you, do you remember Christene Stephens from Bagwell that taught school in Detroit???/ Sam Paris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Black" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > He warnt no bigger than a washin' of soap. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "worley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:34 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > > > How about...'plumb tuckered out'? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:50 AM > Subject: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > > >> Enjoyed reading about tow sacks, bar ditches, poke, et cetera. > I > wonder if list members can't supply a lot of other good examples of our > parents' "folk language" that we genealogists should preserve. such as > "go > butt a stump" for "go to H___," "fine as frog hair," "useless as > hip-pockets > on a hog," "mama-sow mean," "sucking on hind teat," and such. >> >> >> ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >> ============================== >> 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 >> >> > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

He warnt no bigger than a washin' of soap. ----- Original Message ----- From: "worley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:34 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect How about...'plumb tuckered out'? ----- Original Message ----- From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:50 AM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > Enjoyed reading about tow sacks, bar ditches, poke, et cetera. I wonder if list members can't supply a lot of other good examples of our parents' "folk language" that we genealogists should preserve. such as "go butt a stump" for "go to H___," "fine as frog hair," "useless as hip-pockets on a hog," "mama-sow mean," "sucking on hind teat," and such. > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== 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

How bout "I double dog dare ya"? Now just what is a double dog? Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Black" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > He warnt no bigger than a washin' of soap. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "worley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:34 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > > > How about...'plumb tuckered out'? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:50 AM > Subject: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > > > > Enjoyed reading about tow sacks, bar ditches, poke, et cetera. > I > wonder if list members can't supply a lot of other good examples of our > parents' "folk language" that we genealogists should preserve. such as > "go > butt a stump" for "go to H___," "fine as frog hair," "useless as > hip-pockets > on a hog," "mama-sow mean," "sucking on hind teat," and such. > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

How about...'plumb tuckered out'? ----- Original Message ----- From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:50 AM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > Enjoyed reading about tow sacks, bar ditches, poke, et cetera. I wonder if list members can't supply a lot of other good examples of our parents' "folk language" that we genealogists should preserve. such as "go butt a stump" for "go to H___," "fine as frog hair," "useless as hip-pockets on a hog," "mama-sow mean," "sucking on hind teat," and such. > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Your answer seems very reasonable to me. All I ever heard was that it was called bar ditch was because among other reasons, it was there to bar you from crossing over and getting on someone's private property. Again, just a matter of who was doing the talking in the past. Sam Paris ----- Original Message ----- From: "worley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks >I always that 'bar ditch' was just what it was called, until my husband > worked for the highway dept and told me that it is really "barrow ditch" > because when roads were first being built soil was 'barrowed' from the > sides > of the road to be packed into the road bed. I can see how 'barrow' > became > 'bar'.... > > Linda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan and Rae Jean" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:09 AM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > > >> I got teased when we moved to Missouri for a short time...they asked what > in >> the world is a bar ditch"? Well I thought everyone knew that! >> RJ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:04 AM >> Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks >> >> >> > My mother used directly as "dreckly". I didn't know for a long time >> > growing >> > up, how in the world would you spell that. I also thought that tow > sacks, >> > which we used at our house, was tote sacks. I figured that was another >> > wrong >> > word, and "bar" ditch. >> > >> > Marilyn >> > Detroit, TX >> > >> > >> > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > >> >> >> ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Hidy John, How about "Ain't you got no gumption, child? for "sense". Bonnie Idabel, Ok >From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect >Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:50:10 -0500 > > Enjoyed reading about tow sacks, bar ditches, poke, et cetera. I >wonder if list members can't supply a lot of other good examples of our >parents' "folk language" that we genealogists should preserve. such as "go >butt a stump" for "go to H___," "fine as frog hair," "useless as >hip-pockets on a hog," "mama-sow mean," "sucking on hind teat," and such. > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >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 >

I suppose that the paste board box got many of us thinking of things from the past. For instance, when I was a youngster, in many of the grocery stores, you would find 100 lbs. sacks of pinto beans. The bags of beans were burlap bags until the beans were all gone, then the sack was a tow sack. We kids even took them with us on our frog gigging trips, so we could keep our frogs in them, plus keep the sack wet for the comfort of the frogs. These sack were left on peoples porch so that the ice man could wrap your ice in it when he made his delivery. The sack material also was popular as a wrap for a gallon jar to keep drinking water as cool as possible while we worked in the fields, ect. We also would sometimes put milk in the jar, then let it down in the cistern to keep cool. Another words, the proper name was not the point. The point was what different ones called them. I even get to thinking about the recipes sent on the web site, and wonder if you could have read my Mom's recipes? Instead of spoons of this or that, she would use a pinch of this, a tad of that, a dash of something else, but she sure knew how to use her version. Sorry for the babbling, but us old folks sometimes enjoy doing this. Sam Paris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Wolfgang" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:39 PM Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Malone > They will always be "cardboard boxes" to me; as well as burlap bags will > always be "tow sacks" > > Here is a tidbit from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Cardboard (called > corrugated paper in the industry) is a heavy wood-based type of paper, > notable for its stiffness and durability. It was first invented in China > some time in the 15th century, and is used for a wide variety of purposes. > One of its more common uses is as a packaging material." > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Malone > > Sam: > I called them that for years but I now refer to them as card board boxes. > I few years back I mentioned toe sack to friends and they still tease me > about that > > Beverly > Bakersfield, CA > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta > rgetid=5429 > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.8/61 - Release Date: 8/1/2005 > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Enjoyed reading about tow sacks, bar ditches, poke, et cetera. I wonder if list members can't supply a lot of other good examples of our parents' "folk language" that we genealogists should preserve. such as "go butt a stump" for "go to H___," "fine as frog hair," "useless as hip-pockets on a hog," "mama-sow mean," "sucking on hind teat," and such.

yes...I think that is right. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Elmore" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:08 AM Subject: [TXREDRIV] BAR DITCH > "barrow" may come from a wheelbarrow that was used because there was no > equipment like we have. My father in law provided a team and wagon to help > build roads in Stoddard County, Missouri. He shoveled the wagon full and > then he shoveled it out on the road. > PAT SHIVELY ELMORE > > > I always that 'bar ditch' was just what it was called, until my husband > > worked for the highway dept and told me that it is really "barrow ditch" > > because when roads were first being built soil was 'barrowed' from the > sides > > of the road to be packed into the road bed. I can see how 'barrow' > became > > 'bar'.... > > > > Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan and Rae Jean" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:09 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > > > > > > > I got teased when we moved to Missouri for a short time...they asked > what > > in > > > the world is a bar ditch"? Well I thought everyone knew that! > > > RJ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:04 AM > > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > > > > > > > > > > My mother used directly as "dreckly". I didn't know for a long time > > > > growing > > > > up, how in the world would you spell that. I also thought that tow > > sacks, > > > > which we used at our house, was tote sacks. I figured that was > another > > > > wrong > > > > word, and "bar" ditch. > > > > > > > > Marilyn > > > > Detroit, TX > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

"barrow" may come from a wheelbarrow that was used because there was no equipment like we have. My father in law provided a team and wagon to help build roads in Stoddard County, Missouri. He shoveled the wagon full and then he shoveled it out on the road. PAT SHIVELY ELMORE > I always that 'bar ditch' was just what it was called, until my husband > worked for the highway dept and told me that it is really "barrow ditch" > because when roads were first being built soil was 'barrowed' from the sides > of the road to be packed into the road bed. I can see how 'barrow' became > 'bar'.... > > Linda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan and Rae Jean" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:09 AM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > > > > I got teased when we moved to Missouri for a short time...they asked what > in > > the world is a bar ditch"? Well I thought everyone knew that! > > RJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:04 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > > > > > > > My mother used directly as "dreckly". I didn't know for a long time > > > growing > > > up, how in the world would you spell that. I also thought that tow > sacks, > > > which we used at our house, was tote sacks. I figured that was another > > > wrong > > > word, and "bar" ditch. > > > > > > Marilyn > > > Detroit, TX > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

My mother used directly as "dreckly". I didn't know for a long time growing up, how in the world would you spell that. I also thought that tow sacks, which we used at our house, was tote sacks. I figured that was another wrong word, and "bar" ditch. Marilyn Detroit, TX

I always that 'bar ditch' was just what it was called, until my husband worked for the highway dept and told me that it is really "barrow ditch" because when roads were first being built soil was 'barrowed' from the sides of the road to be packed into the road bed. I can see how 'barrow' became 'bar'.... Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan and Rae Jean" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > I got teased when we moved to Missouri for a short time...they asked what in > the world is a bar ditch"? Well I thought everyone knew that! > RJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:04 AM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > > > > My mother used directly as "dreckly". I didn't know for a long time > > growing > > up, how in the world would you spell that. I also thought that tow sacks, > > which we used at our house, was tote sacks. I figured that was another > > wrong > > word, and "bar" ditch. > > > > Marilyn > > Detroit, TX > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

I got teased when we moved to Missouri for a short time...they asked what in the world is a bar ditch"? Well I thought everyone knew that! RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > My mother used directly as "dreckly". I didn't know for a long time > growing > up, how in the world would you spell that. I also thought that tow sacks, > which we used at our house, was tote sacks. I figured that was another > wrong > word, and "bar" ditch. > > Marilyn > Detroit, TX > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

I thought that "tow" sacks were just a southern way of shortening "tote" meaning to carry. I learn something new every day! PAT SHIVELY ELMORE

There's lots of search engines where you can look up addresses phone numbers if they're listed. I like www.theultimates.com/white. Larry Pool Tucson, AZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River County man dies in Plainview that was one of my dad's best friends growing up....they graduated together. My dad was 16 also, when they graduated. Wish I had a phone number to call the family and let them know we are praying for them.....lets see, he was the last one living I believe, of that graduating class.....unless the lady in the Clarksville nursing home is still alive....sorry, I do not recall her name. Debra.