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18 August 2008
Big Blog Post - Well for me Anyway.....
So this is my idea of a boy doll. Yeah I know, it's a boy in a skirt, but I love the wee little scotty boy and his lil' bagpipes. I thought I could name all these softies, ie Hamish MacDougall and his bag-blowin' mate Angus McTaggart. I cut these wee boys from lino and stamped onto some lovely fine weave cotton. On the back is a lovely brush cotton tartan. On the front, of course, is a lovely ginger scotty boy. The back looks like a chop- mmm tasty! I think they're cute. Thoughts anyone? Would you buy yer wee barn a chop-like, skirt wearing, ginger, bag pipe equipped, scotty boy softie?
Just to share - this is my current obsession. Wooden forks and spoons - sparked from a few blog posts back. Sourced from a local packaging place I am in love with these wooden lovelies. They also come in bamboo, but these ones are made from pine. I don't know what I'm going to do with them, probably just stay obsessed for a while and look, touch and rearrange them.
29 comments:
- Michelle said...
wow the cards are beautiful.
was going to ask.
do you think gocco is easier than lino prints for fabrics? i realize the cutting out for lino is hard but to print the finished product is it easier.
- August 18, 2008 at 10:18 PM
- diana said...
Hi Michelle, I like the rough look of the linocut. I find the cleanup easier with the linocut than the gocco - less things to wash. The linocut is a temperamental medium, but I love it. With lino you need a fine weave material to get a decent print, otherwise it can get quite patchy. With lino I can go big, but with the gocco the size is more restricted. I must venture into the world of photo emulsion one day, but just a bit hesitant.
- August 18, 2008 at 10:40 PM
You have lost me. I'm not sure what type of meduim this is. What is Gocco and Lino?
Janie in MO
- August 19, 2008 at 1:10 AM
- Natasha said...
The cards look great. Love the string tying them together.
- August 19, 2008 at 2:40 AM
- fiona said...
love the cards and the wee scotsman! i also loved you article in Mixtape, cant wait to try some lino carving:)
- August 19, 2008 at 7:40 AM
- mel bomba said...
Your cards are fantastic and I can't believe you hand made envelopes (you're crazy) Love the boy doll to, every time I came over this way I always feel like going to the art shop and buying some lino.
- August 19, 2008 at 7:43 AM
- Suzy said...
Those cards are gorgeous. I have to get mine packaged up and shipped out!
And I love the doll - I think my babby would definitely love a chop-like, skirt wearing, ginger, bag pipe equipped, scotty boy softie :)
- August 19, 2008 at 8:49 AM
- Skye Rocket Sews said...
Oh,Di...loving the softie's ! Where can I buy one? My girl's will love him,my hubby's from Glasgow,so it's perfect!
Your cards are beautiful! Just stunning!
- August 19, 2008 at 1:20 PM
- diana said...
Thanks guys, Mel and Suzy those scotty boys will be uploaded to my madeit shop in the next few days hopefully. Glad you like them. Janie the lino is short for linoleum. Basically just a rubbery tile which I cut with cutters and make prints out of. The gocco is a japanese screenprinting system, very cool and lots of fun.
- August 19, 2008 at 10:21 PM
- Hoppo Bumpo said...
I love your wee boys - they are fabulous.
There are a few places on eBay that sell kraft card. One store called "Plaza DJ" does some different sizes in 205gsm, if this is any help?
- August 19, 2008 at 11:32 PM
- Amy C said...
the cards are stunning, you are super clever and talented.
THe simple string tie works beautifuly.
- August 20, 2008 at 12:25 AM
- Hollabee said...
I really like the gocco cards, they're so cute. and scotty boy rocks.
- August 20, 2008 at 8:02 AM
- kitty stitch said...
hi diana looks like youve been busy, love the card print, lucky you having a gocco! No-ones mentioned your cutlery!! Well I think it looks lovely, can see Heather Moore liking those!!
- August 20, 2008 at 5:50 PM
- Jedda said...
I love the cards and those little guys in skirts are brilliant. Now about that kraft card...what weight is it? I use something similar for my packaging, Ill find out more...
- August 20, 2008 at 5:54 PM
- diana said...
Hey hoppo bumpo. Yep,actually bought this 205gsm from Plaza DJ. Have also ordered some more, but I want to buy in bulk, such a greedy crafter ..I know! I love this kraft paper the cards look so much better in the flesh. Thanks Kitty Stitch for loving my cutlery. Jedda the card as mentioned was 205gsm. I would love this weight or even a 250gsm. Jedda, Has Gavin sold yet? I think I'm in love with Gavin and his bucky beavers.
- August 20, 2008 at 8:25 PM
- Jedda said...
Hi Diana
Yeah Gavs gone and on his way to the states, had to laugh at the idea of him smiling all the way there. But good news.. he has siblings! Trevs the latest addition, and Colin is on his way, just as bucky and just as cute...in a strange kind of way that is.
- August 21, 2008 at 9:32 AM
- Belinda said...
So impressed with the post, the cards are great but I am so loving the scot. I did highland dancing as a young girl and it brought back such memories, if you ever think of doing a scot girl let me know particularly in purple (my kilt colour).
Have agreat week.
- August 21, 2008 at 6:16 PM
- Michelle said...
thanks for the info.am trying to get a trip in down that way in a couple of weeks.and want to hit ecksleys [how ever they spell it] and stock up on some different mediums to work with.i so wish i would have done lino cuts at school...but miss out on that one.
- August 21, 2008 at 10:13 PM
- kirsten said...
the notecards turned out awesome!
- August 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- kirsten said...
your cards arrived in my mailbox yesterday - they are very cute - well done!
- August 24, 2008 at 12:15 AM
- Chrissie said...
Hi Diana, I saw your softies at Honeybee on Darby st. They look great. Congratulations. And I love the wee Scot boy. I made my 2 year old boy a kilt, and everyone loves it, especially him. Chrissie
- August 24, 2008 at 8:43 PM
- diana said...
Thanks Chrissie. How cute are boys in kilts? Sooo cute. I'm going to the Olive Tree Market on 6th September at The Junction Public School. Should be a great market. Hope to see you there.
- August 25, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Hello Di,
I have really enjoyed looking at your images of your happy creations!
They make me smile!
Three Little Birds
- August 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM
- shannon said...
hi diana,
these were the first of the swap that i received in the mail. i love them, they are so cute, so sweet. i don't know if i will be able to use them because i want to keep them for myself! :)
- August 31, 2008 at 1:48 AM
- Katy said...
did someone say GINGER? I love a ginger boy ;)
Those cards are fab, I love them. I love the little ginger scot, he looks rather like the little ginger creature sat next to me.
And I have a strange obsession with wooden cutlery at the minute, but I can't seem to find any forks on my travels of restaurants to nick (but plenty of spoons...)
- August 31, 2008 at 3:56 AM
- feedthedog said...
hey diana, so many comments, hope this doesn't get lost. essentially i came over here to tag you (just what you've been secretly hoping for, right?) but i'm in love with your cards and scotty boys (and like you i've been searching high and low for small square, recycled paper cards to print on - so if you have any luck let me know). And those forks and spoons! very desirable, just the kind of thing i would obsess over too.
but.. back to my initial quest.
i've tagged you.
Here are the rules:
1. Link back to the person who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking to them
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged bloggers blogs letting them know they've been tagged.
- August 31, 2008 at 10:58 AM
They are fabulous! I love those!
- September 9, 2008 at 9:19 PM
- mikodesign said...
these little boys are so cute!!!
- September 15, 2008 at 7:37 AM
- Anna Laura said...
Oh these are fantastic! My boyfriend is from Scotland, but his name isn't that scottish sounding (and he doesn't even have a tartan on his father's side!), but I did go to school with a Hamish McDougall!
Thanks for the cvote on the bubble as well.
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"They'd come in and shuck m'corn, sing, and have th'best time. You've never seen such a good time as they had! I wish you could go to a corn shuckin' sometime. "
Thoughts like this one expressed by Aunt Arie were what really kindled our interest in researching this chapter. When we got into it, we became truly fascinated by the various community activities that people were involved in back in the "old days". Simple things like candy pullings and ice cream parties and singings delighted people no end . . . particularly young people.
What really amazed us, though, was the way people took a dull, arduous task and turned it into a time for fun and warm fellowship. Corn shuckings and house raisings and log rollings became a time for neighbors to pitch in and have the best times of their lives while working with and helping each other.
We decided that the best way to get the real feeling across would be through the words of the people themselves. Here is what they had to say.
Corn Shuckings
Florance and Lawton Brooks: We used t'have them old shuckin's. They'd just pile up their corn in their barnyard, y'know, instead a'puttin' it in their crib. And then they'd ask all their neighbors around t'come in. And they'd always bury a drink right in th'middle a'that pile and pile their corn on top a'it. Then we'd have t'shuck all th'corn t'find it. We'd shuck all night t'get t'that half-gallon a'liquor. Then we'd all have a drink and probably have a dancin' th'rest a'th'night, if we got done in time.
God, you never seen such shuckin' corn.
Then sometimes they'd have it where th'man that found th'first red ear got t'kiss th'prettiest girl, and sometimes he'd shuck like th'devil tryin' t'find a red ear a'corn. Somebody'd find one generally ever'time. It was funny because back then 'at was th'worst thing a boy and girl could do would be caught kissin'. That's th'worst thing you could do!
Ever'body'uz invited. Wasn't nobody skipped. They invited th'young and old. They all come together. And you never seen such corn shucks in your life. And if we got done at midnight'r'somethin' like that, why we'd have a big dance from then on to towards daylight. We never counted none on sleepin' that night. No way when we was havin' them big corn shuckin's 'cause we knowed it'd take th'biggest part a'th'night.
'Bout all th'way we had a'havin'fun was at them shuckin's. But I thought it was mighty nice a'them t'have things like that. I wish they'd have'em now back like they used to. There'uz lots a'fun in that.
Will Zoellner: Sometimes th'first one that got a red ear'ud get a ten-dollar prize. That's what they called pokeberry corn. Looked like poke come in it. And ever' once in a while you'd get a plumb red ear. And th'girl that got th'red ear, she chose her partner t'dance with later.
One I went to — was about fifteen families lived over there, Ledfords and Penlands and Duncans — whoever got th'first red ear got a Jersey cow. Nicest thing you ever looked at. Well, we got t'shuckin' around there, and finally got in a fight throwin' corn east and west. Somebody socked me with a ear down th'side a'th'head and I caught th'thing, and it'uz a blood-red ear! When it hit my head, I seen th'red corn fly. I cracked it right quick — pulled th'shuck off — and says, "Look what y'done! Gimme good luck!"
So I got that, 'bout a two-year green-colored Jersey heifer. I sold it, got about a hundred dollars fer't.
Mrs. Harriet Echols: Used t'be all these areas in here was big farms. Mr. Cabe would haul up wagonloads of pumpkin, watermelons, and corn. Well, they and all their neighbors'ud get their corn gathered in, and then they'd start'n'they'd go from place't'place . . . maybe twice a week they'd have a corn shuckin' at a different place. And all th'men'ud get in th'barn and shuck, and if there was too many women, they'd go help shuck too.And then th'others'ud cook supper . . . have a big supper just like we have goin' t'a church supper'r' somethin' like that.
And then they'd put th'corn in log cribs made where th'air could go through and finish dryin' th'corn they'd gathered in from th'fields. And they'd store th'pumpkins in a barn and cover'em with th'shucks and th'leavin's from th'corn t'keep them through th'winter.
And, well, it's just fascinatin' how they did.
Aunt Arie: Well, Pappy'ud raise a big crop a'corn — maybe two hundred bushels — and put it in a crib shed. On a certain day they'd have a corn shuckin' and get all th'neighbors from ever'wheres t'come in here. If we had'em like we used to, we'd have ever'one a'you younguns come down here and we'd have th'best time.
They'd always come at dinner time, some of them before dinner. Well, they'd sit down t'eat, and then they'd go on t'shuckin'. Sometimes they'd shuck till twelve at night before they'd ever get up, and sing and holler and hoop and all th'devil! And they'd take th'shuck and hide people in'em and do ever'thing. Why they had ever' kinda fun in th'world. That made people love t'go to'em. If you'd been contrary or hateful, wouldn't a'been nobody'd wanted t'go.
When they got th'corn shucked, they'd put th'man of th'house on a rail and carry him t'th'house and set'im down and comb his head . . . comb th'lice off his head down on th'floor and stomp'em with their feet. You know, that wadn't so, but they just done that fer th'devilment and fun!
Marinda Brown: I always got th' biggest thrill out a'that, just th'children and me. Just th'very smallest children would get in and shuck corn and always look for th'red ears. Ever'body that found a red ear had t'be kissed. I didn't like that too much, though!
They'd come all day and just spend th'day, y'know, and go up into th'night. And then they'd have a dance. We'd have our lanterns and lights around, y'know, and we'd shuck up into th'night and have a big feast with tables loaded with all sorts of good foods.
Mrs. E.H. Brown: That was just a good time for us all. We enjoyed bein' together and doin' somethin' t'help somebody, too.
House Raisings
Mrs. Harriet Echols: If they was goin' t'build a new barn, they got all th'logs t'gether, and all th'neighbor men got in and put up th'barn. They'd build a barn in a day and put in th'sheds and stalls and ever'thing. And if they didn't finish, they'd come back th'next day and cover it. And they didn't have any pulleys'r'anything t'horse those logs up. Three'r'four men'ud get on each end of a log and they'd just come up with it.
Of course, th'kids at that time was usually at school, y'know. And th'women gathered there and cooked, and they'd have up a quilt and be sewin' on it.
They got all th'material t'gether and had ever'thing there, and they'd set a certain day fer'em all t'meet, and then they went t'work.
Annie Perry: This house was built that way. Th'neighbors'ud cut th'logs and split th'logs. Then they'd cut th'notches in th'corners t'keep'em from rollin' off. My grandma said that th'logs this house'uz built out of was right out of our woods . . . cut right around in rollin' distance. This house'uz built in 18 and 69. My grandmother moved here in August and she didn't have a fireplace t'cook on, and she didn't have a cookstove.
After the raisin's they'd put th'stock in if it was a barn, and they'd have a dance if it was a house. Called it a house warmin'.
Lawton Brooks: Most of 'em we built was log houses, and we'd pitch in and in a couple a'days we'd have a man a house built. Ever'body'd just go in and help a man. Wasn't countin' on gettin' a dime out of it. 'Course they'd have a big supper, and when we got done we always had somethin' at th'end . . . some kinda big party'r'dance in th'house 'fore they ever moved in when they wasn't nothin' in th'way.
You take fifty men and it didn't take but a little bit t'build a dadblame house. It went up fast. Some done th'notchin'. Some done th'layin' up. Some carryin' th'logs. Some peelin' th'logs. They'uz always a job fer every bunch, and ever'body'uz on their job and they kep' ever'thing goin', y'know. God, it didn't take long t'build a big house. Puttin' down th'floorin' was th'biggest job in it. 'Course they didn't get matched floorin'. They just got rough plankin', and they'd jam'em down as close as'ey could and go on about their business.
But it was lots a'fun.
Aunt Arie: We had a house raisin' t'raise this house, and we had a barn raisin' t'raise th'barn. We had t'go t'th'mountains and get th'logs, and then get th'nails and whatever we needed t'have ready, and then we asked a whole lot a'men t'come in and raise th'house.
You'd need four men with good axes, and they'd have t'know what t'do.Each one took a corner of th'house, and th'others stood on th'ground and got th'logs ready and rolled'em up there where they notched'em and put'em down. Next thing y'know, they'd got up th'square of th'house.
And somebody'ud lay them rafters off a certain way and cut th'notches in th'rafters and nail'em t'gether at th'top and put'em up. I've helped do all of that.
Th'house ain't hard t'raise like th'barn. See, th'house is made out'a little logs, and th'barn is made out'a big logs. And th'barn's got four big stalls in it . . . maybe more. It took eight men for four stalls. You hardly ever got a barn raised in one day. No sir. It was too big. Too much.
There's not many people knows how t'put a roof on that won't leak. If y'don't get th'shingles on right, it'll leak. Now I've helped put on shingles.
Mrs. Ada Kelly: A new couple'ud start t'build them a house, they'd have a house raisin'. Th'men all around th'community'ud go in and get th'framin' of th'house up and all they could that day, and then they'd have a house coverin'. . . meet and cover th'house and go on with it till they finished. Then th'couple was ready t'move in.
You couldn't get anybody t'do that fer y'now, could you? But they wasn't any vacant houses around then. My father built his house. I'uz born in a log house. Had two rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs and a big old fireplace.
Richard Norton: When somebody went t'build a house, ever'body flew in and helped'em. T'get th'logs up, most of th'time they used what we called skid poles. They'd lay up poles against th'house, and four'r'five men'ud get ahold a'them logs and roll'em right up them poles on th'house.
Sometimes they got'em up there first and notched'em after they got'em up there. They generally used smaller logs, and they'd turn'em up and notch'em and then turn'em back over t'fit.
Margaret Norton: People'ud work all fall piecin' quilt tops, and when they got'em all pieced, they'd invite in all th'neighbors and have a quiltin', and that quilt'ud be for th'person that invited'em in. And whoever they had th'quiltin' for furnished all of'em dinner. If it'uz at your house and it'uz for you, you'd furnish th'whole dinner . . . even if they'uz twenty women there.
They could quilt one out in a day easy. Lots a'times we've had quilts out at breakfast and quilted two.
Marinda Brown: People used t'get t'gether and they'd just put up one. They could make as many days out of it as they wanted to. They'd piece one fer one family, set in and draw another one fer another family, y'know; just kind'a kept it goin'.
Annie Perry: They had quiltin's, but I never could quilt. My stitches were s'long you'd have t'keep your toenails broke off t'keep from gettin'em hung!
People were neighbors. They all helped each other t'do things. If you got anything t'do now, y'do it yourself or you let it go undone, whichever y'want to.
Pea Thrashings
Lawton Brooks: Ever'body planted these old clay peas. I ain't seen'em in over twenty years. Th'seeds of'em's about t'run out. People used t'always plant'em in their cornfield.
Well, they'd go and pick'em and carry'em and pile'em up in great big ol'piles. Put'em on big sheets, y'know. Then we'd all cut us a pole t'beat with and you'd just beat, then you'd stir up a while, and then you'd beat again.
Th'hulls'ud pile up on top. Then you'd stir t'get y'some more up that hadn't been hit, y'know. Then you'd beat'em again. They'd grow lots a'them back in 'em'days. They'd grow'em and sell th'things. You could buy'em fer nothin' nearly a bushel. But still, that was a way a'gettin' some money. You had t'do th'best y'could. They growed them peas, and what they didn't eat, they sold. And they'd get out there and we'd thrash'em out fer'em. Thrash'em old peas out, have th'goodest old time y'ever seen.
Margaret Norton: When you'd have a singin', you'd usually have a group of people get together and sing and have refreshments like tea and coffee and ice cream, y'know. They'd gather at different persons' houses, or at th'church — whoever had a pianer'r'organ — and they'd play and sing just like any other get t'gether.
Usually y'sung religious songs, but sometimes they'd have like a sports party where you'd just sing sports songs. But usually it was religious songs, and we'd sing for two'r'three hours and have a few refreshments and go home.
And then sometimes they had'em all night long. You'd start at eleven o'clock and then go th'rest of th'night. As fer me, I'm not a good hand t'set up till all hours. I'd go t'sleep!
Harry Brown: They'd have'em in their houses, and then sometimes they have'em up there at Andy Cope's fish farm. He's a great singer, and this fella' from Lakemont — Horace Page — all them go up there and sometime they sing all night.
I'd just go t'listen t'it. I never did sing. They used t'have old-time songs, y'know, like, "Walkin' in th'King's Highway," but they don't sing anymore. Oh, and, "They're Namin' th'Prophet, That Honorable Man," and, "On Down t'th'River Jordan." But th'songs they sing now is different from when I'uz growin'up.
And sometimes at th'church we'd have what they called an "all day singin' an' dinner on th'grounds." That was good too.
Florence and Lawton Brooks: Lord, yeah. People used t'have singin's at their houses. Sometimes we'd walk ten miles t'one. They'd have songbooks, y'know, with gospel songs, and th'house'ud be full a'people. They used t'do that lots, move all over th'settlement. When me an'Florence was married we done 'at fer a long time. Fer years after we'uz married we went nearly ever'night. Lots a'times people'ud have t'walk four'r'five miles, but they'd go. They'd be there. They'd all go.
That was about th'only thing that went on durin' th'week, and that'ud give th'young people a place t'go, and they'd always go. If a old boy got him a girl, he'd have her come t'th'singin', y'know. Had a nice time. Always had a nice time. No joke about it, it was nice. I think there ought t'be lots more. Wouldn't be half as much meanness done.
But they quit all that now, I reckon. Don't hear tell a'that no more.
Log Rollings
Lex Sanders: In log rollin's, you'd go all over th'community and gather up maybe twenty-five men. Then they'd cut logs and clear land and do a whole lot a'work in a day.
It'uz like th'old workin's. Lot a'th'women'ud come t'th'workin' and get dinner. And as a general thing, when they had a log rollin', they'd be eight'r'ten women there that'ud have a quiltin' too, and maybe make one'r'two quilts while th'men'uz cuttin' and rollin' th'logs.
Richard Norton: They had log rollin's when they cleared th'land. I remember when they'd go t'what they called "new ground" and they'd clear it off, y'know. Then they'd have big log rollin's, and they'd pile all them logs up and burn'em. Th'women'ud always cook dinner, and they'd be twenty-five men maybe, and they'd clear a big field in a day, roll it up and burn it, y'know.
Candy Pullings
Mrs. Ada Kelly: When they made syrup, th'last run of th'syrup they'd cook up a whole lot of, and they'd cook it down till it got real thick. And just along toward th'last before it got ready t'take up, they'd put some soda in it. I really don't know what that did to it, but it seemed t'make it get whiter or something.
And a boy and a girl would usually butter a dish and cool it off some and then get it up in their hands, y'know, and work it fill they could get it in a ball. Then th'boy would get at one end and th'girl at th'other, and they'd pull backwards and forwards till they got it so it'd pull out in great long pieces.
Then they'd divide some of it and pull it out in long pieces sort of like stick candy and lay that out on a platter'r'something When it got cold, you could just take a knife and crack it all, and itd be sort'a like yellow stick candy. It was real good.
And they always had boys and girls doing it together. That was all th'fun there was in it. Just invite th'young folks in t'make syrup candy.
Will Zoellner: Y'grease yer hands with lard so it don't stick on yer hands. If y'ain't got no lard on yer hands, it gets all over yer hands and gets warm. And y'go out there and get yer partner and cut that syrup out in big pieces, and then y'pull that and keep a'pullin' around and around till it gets plumb yella'.
Sometimes we'd go and have a corn shuckin' and candy pullin' and a all-night dance on New Year's. Dance th'old year out and th'new year in, and have stuffed turkeys and have a midnight supper. Then we'd have a drink outside. Had all kind'a cider where we were there. And once in a while had some blackberry wine . . . take a little swig a'that.
Mrs. E. H. Brown: They'd have those candy pullin's, and they'd have it all braided and in all kinds of shapes, y'know. They'd get it t'where they could pull it out and shape it any way they wanted to.
Maude Sellers: Oh! I've pulled candy till I had blisters on my hands!
Candy Breakings
Mrs. E.H. Brown: They'd have a dishpan fulla stick candy broke up into little pieces, and they'uz different colors, y'know. And th'pan was covered. And a girl and boy would pair off and go and reach under there and get a piece a'candy. If they each got a piece alike, why they could keep it, but if they didn't, they had t'put it back.
Last one I believe I remember ever bein' at was at my husband's home, and he carried me home that night after th'candy breakin'.
Richard Norton: We'd just buy this peppermint candy . . . all kinds a'candy. Somebody'ud take a dishpan and cover it up and you had t'reach in there. If you and your partner didn't get th'same kind'a piece, you had t'pay it back, but if you did, you kept it.
There'd be twenty-five, y'know, sometimes; and it'd circle 'round and 'round, and you'd see who got th'most candy . . . who was th'luckiest, y'know. And boy would they have fun when y'had t'put your candy back!
Other Events
Mrs Harriet Echols: We had ice cream parties too, usually on Saturday night. See, most ever'body had four'r'five cows, and we'd make boiled custards (you know that's fixed with milk and eggs and sugar and flavorin', and it's delicious; but where y'put a lot a'eggs in it, it's s'rich y'can't eat much of it). And we'd get about five ice cream freezers and invite th'youngsters in, and we'd get in th'parlor and get around th'organ'r'piano and sing and play games. See, we didn't have anywhere t'go. And that's what we did for our recreation was our parties.
And we had our singin's, and we'd meet during th'week and we'd go t'prayer meetin' on Wednesday night and sing and practice songs fer th'choir and fer church on Sunday. And then on Saturday nights we'd have our ice cream supper . . . and in th'wintertime a candy pullin'. And we'd gather nuts and have a nut crackin' t'make our candy if we wanted t'make fudge'r'anything like that.
And three'r'four of th'girls would get t'gether and make five'r'six cakes, and we'd have cake and ice cream.
And we went t'dances in th'wintertime, and we'd have apple bobbin's, and we just had th'best time.We never went to a dance without our parents, and we'd just roll back th'rug if they had a rug; and if they didn't, we'd put meal on th'floor. And th'band would come in from th'little town. There was several of th'old men could pick a guitar or banjo or fiddle. And, well, we just had a good time!
Margaret and Richard Norton: People used t'help each other kill hogs, too, when they had hogs t'kill. Th'neighbors'ud come in and help. Ever'body got a mess a'meat and went back home. You had four'r'five hogs t'kill, and half a dozen'r'more'ud come t'help y', and they'd do it for a combination and a mess a'meat.
R.: We just give'em a mess a'meat a lot of times. Me and my uncle, we'd gather together and kill big hogs. We'd always dress one out then, and then we'd kill two'r'three more for th'other feller, and two'r'three more for th'other feller till we had'em all killed and dressed out. We could get it all in one day.
M.: We had square dances, too. They'd get all th'furniture out of th'room, and had somebody a'callin' and somebody a'pickin', y'know.
R.: We always had Bill Lamb play th'fiddle, and had some banjo and guitar pickers, too, y'know. They was a lot a'young people around here then.
M.: We had th'whole place covered up with young people. They hadn't got this crave then t'go up t'Atlanta'r'some big city. They just stayed on and helped farm in th'summertime and then go t'school in th'wintertime and have fun.
M.: Had barbecues, too.
R.: We just dug out a square place and piled it full'a hickory wood and burnt it down t'coals. Then we'd take poles and gather that hog — 'course his innards took out and ever'thing, y'know — and we'd run'em through his hind and shoulders. Th'poles'ud be long enough t'reach across that hole and we'd put him down over it and we'd have t'turn it ever' so often. Cook'im all night.
M.: They'd sit up all night, and next mornin'th'stew'ud be made — th'Brunswick stew.
R.: We cooked generally two sheep and a hog.
M.: Th'other people'ud bring th'vegetables and th'bread and th'things that went with it. And we used t'get in t'gether and have bean stringin's and pea shellin's, too. We did that here last summer.
R.: We pile up a big pile there on a paper on th'floor and we all get around it, y'know.
M.: And ever'body gets'em a pan and a chair and a place t'put their hulls. First thing you know, you're finished. And at Christmas time here we have a Christmas tree for all our children on Betty's Creek. The'women all come and we fix up th'presents there. So that's a get-together. We still do that. And we have got together and preserved strawberries.
R.: All th'old people used t'double up like that. One'ud need some work done, and they'd all just pitch in.
And even that doesn't exhaust the list. In addition to the above, people grouped together for box lunches (each girl filled a cakebox with a picnic lunch for two and decorated its exterior. The boxes were then auctioned off, and the boy with the highest bid shared the lunch with the girl who had made it); wool cardings and spinnings; and workings (when a man was sick, the neighbors would gather to plant or tend or harvest his garden and do his chores until he was well again). And that probably isn't all, either. The sense of community and interdependence was so highly developed that there was simply little people didn't do together. That amazes us now, but it also attracts us in some mysterious way. Perhaps that interdependence is the source of part of our nostalgia for a simpler time.
Mrs E.H. Brown: I believe people enjoyed themselves more. They didn't have very much for entertainment, y'know, and when we did have some little something, we really enjoyed it. And ever'thing was nice. Ever'body behaved themselves. I used t'go to country dances, too. I never went t'a public dance in my life. It was always t'some neighbor's house. And ever'body had better behave themselves. If they didn't, they was invited t'go home.
My daddy was always th'fiddler. I've often told people I cut my teeth on a fiddle bow!


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Etymology 1Edit
utterance (plural utterances)
- An act of uttering.
- John Milton
- at length gave utterance to these words
- John Milton
- Something spoken.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 13, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- "[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably." And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 237a.
- To know how one should express oneself in saying or judging that there really are falsehoods without getting caught up in contradiction by such an utterance: that's extremely difficult, Theaetetus.
- The ability to speak.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume III, Chapter 10:
- Mrs. Weston kissed her with tears of joy; and when she could find utterance, assured her, that this protestation had done her more good than any thing else in the world could do.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume III, Chapter 10:
- Manner of speaking.
- Bible, Acts ii. 4
- They […] began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
- John Keats
- O, how unlike / To that large utterance of the early gods!
- He has a good utterance.
- Bible, Acts ii. 4
- (obsolete) Sale by offering to the public.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Putting in circulation.
- the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes
- Mathematics and Poetry are... the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart. — Thomas Hill
Related termsEdit
an act of uttering
something spoken
ability to speak
manner of speaking
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French oultrance.
utterance (plural utterances)
- (now literary) The utmost extremity (of a fight etc.).
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter liij, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- And soo they mette soo hard / that syre Palomydes felle to the erthe hors and alle / Thenne sir Bleoberis cryed a lowde and said thus / make the redy thou fals traytour knyghte Breuse saunce pyte / for wete thow certaynly I wille haue adoo with the to the vtteraunce for the noble knyghtes and ladyes that thou hast falsly bitraid
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter liij, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- ^ utterance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Further readingEdit
- utterance in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- utterance at OneLook Dictionary Search


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How to Eat Carbs without Ruining Your Diet
By Michael A. Smith, MDMy sister hates me. Why? Because I started her on a low-carb diet a couple of months ago and now she's miserable. She's been calling me almost every day to complain about what I'm doing to her and how much she misses her favorite cereals and pasta dishes.
Perhaps this new study will finally get her off my back?
Premise: Timing of Carbs MattersIf you're looking to shed a few pounds but also love your carbs, this new study may hold the key. In an article recently published in the journal Obesity, researchers compared two identical low-calorie diets for their effect on weight loss.1
The only difference between the groups studied was the time of the day that they ate their carbohydrates.
Setting up the StudySeventy-eight obese police officers were randomly assigned to two identical low-calorie diets and were instructed not to change their level of physical activity at all.
Both groups followed the same standard low-calorie diet consisting of 20% protein, 30–35% fat, and 45–50% carbohydrates every day. Again, the only difference was the time of day they ate their carbs.
The test group consumed carbohydrates mostly at dinner while the control group ate carbohydrates throughout the entire day.
The participants were followed for six months to track their progress.
Results Worth the Weight?Here's what the researchers found for the test group — the people who ate their carbs mostly at dinner:1
- They experienced more weight loss and a greater reduction in body fat.
- Hunger scores were lower.
- They had greater improvements in fasting blood sugar levels.
- They had lower levels of inflammatory markers, including tumor necrosis factor-α, IL-6, and C-reactive protein (CRP).
The Conclusion? Eat Your Carbs at DinnerAccording to this study, if you're trying to lose weight but love your carbs, eat them at dinner. Following this method shouldn't interfere with your weight loss success.
This is good news for my sister, but …
Please don't stop your diet and revert back to your old eating habits after reading this. Remember, the study does not promote eating more carbs, just eating them at dinner.
Sorry, sis!
Are you going to give this method a shot yourself? Please share your thoughts in the comments!
- Sofer S, et al. Greater Weight Loss and Hormonal Changes after 6 Months Diet with Carbohydrates Eaten Mostly at Dinner. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Apr 7.


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