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sibility of a swimming pool. Such) complications aa they ran into! Fill in the blanks — how many* items of equipment? how many feet apart? who would he in charge? how many hours? where? and why? Poor souls, they almost gave up in despair! But perseverance won and the kids have a place to play.
Our grandsires had it pretty easy. They just faced an unmapped wilderness and a few snakes and hears, plus an unfriendly Indian or two. They had no forma to fill out in quintuplicate) send ope to the government, one to the state, one to the county, place one on permanent file,'and' stand on your head in the corner with the other one.
* * * One of these days (I hope) someone is going to collect some of the folk-lore of Rappahannock county — the myriads of small tales told by our grandparents, either their own stories or ones handed down to them by their grandparents.
A charming one is told by a former resident of the county about the days when she was young and visited the home of a relative. The tale requires her telling to have it best, but she relates of going visiting in cherry and apple time. They would sit around at night, out-doors, and seed cherries and cut up apples for drying. The lady
I’m looking for what “mout’ve of the household put a burning batch of sulphur under each chair to keep off the bugs and insects.
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