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| Maudie Jane Ballard Norton 1903-1971 |
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| Things My Children Never Knew A handmade quilt a water well long brown braids a sandstone with pretty colors inside a dipper an outside shower a porch swing a watermelon patch a fan with a picture of Jesus lye soap a peddler Joe Rumore a sewing machine you worked with your feet an old black kettle a smoke house a storm shelter a wash board a new wringer washing machine a churn many dogs named “Buck” Nell & Bell ... Kate & Ater a sun bonnet homemade ice cream on a Sunday afternoon black eyed peas banana puddin’ fried squirrel blackberry bushes pickn’ cotton wringing a chicken’s neck dirt roads feather beds a spring behind a church a party line “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” and you. -Dianna Lane Carroll copyright 2001 |
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