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land—from hunting wild hog, coon, quail, rabbit and squirrel to milking cows, raising hogs for slaughter, growing com, caring for fruit trees, harvesting apples and making hay. There was no rest for the weary. When folks did finally rest, they played games like croquet, made ice cream, or just relaxed in tiie porch swing.
Writes Snead, “some of my fondest memories are those of swinging in the front porch swing in the cool of the evening after the company had gone, listening to the lonesome cooing of the doves and the whippoorwills in the distance, and smelling the new-mown hay in the front meadow. Since the chores were all finished, I had time for a little peaceful dozing while my parents chatted and rocked.”
Snead didn’t leave the “Hollow” until he was 16, entering college at the University of Virginia College of Arts
See MEMORIES, Page B2
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