Good Ole Days

Mom and Pop and the eleven of us lived in a 4-room cinder block house. Our house looked like all the other houses because they were company houses. The company or coal mine owned the houses, and the stores and we knew we belonged to them. Everyone knew everyone else. We never lived anywhere else but in a mining camp or ‘the blocks,’ as everyone called it.

I will never forget the day Helen told me she was going to elope. Helen was at Oneonta Teacher’s College at the time – In her third year. I guess I broke down and cried when I heard the news. He was parked up the road waiting for her. Helen packed a bag and off she went.

By Franklin T. Wike, Jr.

The next time you're washing your hands and complain because the water
temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s and the origin of certain sayings.

Carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.
 

I simply cannot imagine a New Year’s Day without black-eyed peas! If you want to have good luck for the whole coming year – “ya gotta eat at least one!” I can year my mother telling my children about this required behavior. Now that the Legacy has made me think about things that I do…..I have to laugh.