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Virgie recommends catnip tea for colic. “When we lived on the mountain we never got sick hardly.” Virgie’s grandmother was a “granny lady” - a midwife.
Homer worked for a family called Groves. He kept the land clean for them. He drove cattle from the barn and came out at Sperryville, then drove his cattle five miles past Flint Hill and put them on 3 pasture there - a rented pasture.
Gardens flourished on the mountain. “There were no garden pests, no bugs bothered your cabbages or beans," Virgie recalled.
For fun, there were picnics, and tournaments on horseback. “All of us played the fiddle or banjo,” Homer said.
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