A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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Okay a little bit of explanation of calling people cousin. Here in the Deep South fifty to sixty years ago and even before that your close friends were called brother or sister. Others were called cousin. You didn't have to be blood related just friends.
Sometimes your closest neighbor might be a mile or so away, so you depended on each other for help or advise. Directions to someone's house was something like this, Go two miles down this dirt road and turn left at the mail boxes, then go another mile and turn right at the creek. His house will be down that road and when you cross the creek you will be there. You've heard the saying "I'll be there if the creek don't ride'" There was a reason for saying that.
Sometimes your closest neighbor might be a mile or so away, so you depended on each other for help or advise. Directions to someone's house was something like this, Go two miles down this dirt road and turn left at the mail boxes, then go another mile and turn right at the creek. His house will be down that road and when you cross the creek you will be there. You've heard the saying "I'll be there if the creek don't ride'" There was a reason for saying that.
