We had a neighbor when in town who, when asked how his cotton was doing, would answer "it's knee high to Mag." Of course, you had to know Mag. to relate to this...... Mag was his wife. Jim, do you remember how people would go to town on sat. and just sit in their car/truck and visit with people walking by. The city finally put up meters and that caused a lot of folks to stay home cause they couldn't afford the money it would cost to sit there. My brother, Bobby, and I would go to the show at the Avalon or Texan and stay there all day while our Gmother sat on the square. Gdaddy would be in the Odd Fellow lodge, over the Texan theater, playing dominoes all day. Tom rom: Jim Giddens Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect Growing up in Clarksville, (example) when some one came to the looking for my dad, I would say, 'He went to town". This was all that was necessary This of course meant he was somewhere in the area of the square. They could probably go to town and see his truck to find him. Once in Mesquite, some kids came over to see my young son, I seriously told them, "He went to town". They had a puzzled look on their face. Jim G p.s. Down Home is like "Down on the Farm" p.s.s. Another one, "he's on the back 40" ----- Original Message ----- From: "stevesdoor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > My Mother always said we are going Down Home this weekend. > We Lived south of Dallas and Boxelder is north east. I never understood > but if I tell my brothers I went down home last weekend they know what i am > talking about. > > Steven > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bonnie Shiro" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 5:58 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > > > > Here is another, but I do not think it came from any recognizable source, > > but maybe from a storybook my Daddy used to read. "It's a hard life if you > > don't weaken". > > Bonnie > > > >>From: "sam embrey" <[email protected]> > >>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > >>Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:48:25 -0500 > >> > >>What about going bare footed, and stubbing your toe. Your Mom doctors it > >>up, then that night when you went to bed, the sore toe would get dry, and > >>hurt like the dickens. Then Mom would put salve on it to soften it up, > >>then she would give you her famous saying. " It will feel good when it > >>stops hurting" >>> > >>----- Original Message ----- From: "william smith" > >><[email protected]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:08 PM > >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect > >> > >> > >>>you don't have a hissy fit you PITCH a hissy fit or coniption > >>>fit > >>> > >>>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > >>>marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >>> > >> > >> > >>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > >>Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>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 ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/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 ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx