If my daddy killed a snake, he would hang it on a fence so it would rain. If momma cut our hair, she would not put the hair outside because if a bird used it to make their nest, we would get headaches. If a black cat ran in front of the car, momma would make a cross in the air and daddy would turn his hat around. If we drove over railroad tracks, we had to hold our feet up off the floorboard of the car or we would never get married. (I do remember wishing I had left my feet on the floor.....lol) If coals popped out of the fireplace, the number of coals indicated how long it would be til something tragic happened..three coals, three days, etc. We were not allowed to watch someone til they got out of sight, it put them in danger of never coming back home. God forbid we opened an umbrella in the house or left a hat on a bed. It is occurring to me I might have been raised in a voo doo situation. But dont spread that around...Zip City folks dont cotton to voo doo..
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 17:02:24 +0000