Sugar Grove
By Paula Mitchell
Hillbilly sayings are often associated with the southern part of the United States. They are colorful and very expressive phrases to convey a variety of meanings. These sayings add a unique flavor to the language and reflect the region’s culture and history.
So, let’s take a look at some of the unique sayings:
Somewhere there is a lid to fit every pot.
If you jump over the devil’s back, you’ll have to crawl back under his belly.
If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.
A watched pot never boils.
Chickens always come home to roost.
If you have a good mother, any old stick will do for a father.
The world wasn’t made of green cheese.
One good turn (of the dog’s tail) deserves another.
Where there’s so much smoke there has to be a little fire.
If you poke your head into a hornet’s nest, you’ll get stung.
He’ll knock you into the middle of next week looking both ways for Sunday.
She couldn’t carry a tune if she had a bucket with a lid on it.
That fellow is knee-high to a grasshopper.
They are as poor as a church mouse.
If the lips are moving, they are lyin’.
Perhaps the reader has heard, or better still, used these phrases to make conversation quite unique and flavorful.
Life’s little lessons to allow one’s life to be better include the following:
- Keep one’s promises, no matter what.
- Compliment even small improvements.
- Don’t expect life to be fair.
- Look people in the eye.
- Carry a chain saw and jumper cables in the trunk of the car.
Spotty showers have been ending the daily heat wave. The writer finds it very interesting how the mountains deflect the thunderstorms and showers to fall intermittently in areas. Lawns have remained green all summer, which is quite unusual for this time of the year. The heat and humidity are quite unbearable. Walking to the mailbox and back, however, is right up there with swimming the English Channel.
Farmers have been busy making the second cutting of hay for winter edibles for cattle.
Clickety-clacks for the chin waggers are as follows:
- A dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 times greater than a human.
- Egyptian pharaohs were often overweight. Their diet was rich in sugar, alcohol, and carbohydrates.
- In Australia, sheep outnumber people 2.5 to 1.
- The world’s first public zoo, the London Zoo, opened in 1828 in London.
- The original publication of Dr. Seuss’s “The Lorax” contained the line, “I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie.” Fourteen years later, the Ohio Sea Grant Program wrote Dr. Seuss to make the case that conditions had improved. He removed the line.
Sitting by the air conditioner is the best way to hear the “Talk of the Grove.”
Sunday found many subscribers of Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks Telephone without network connections. In time it was restored.
Family members traveled from as far as New York, Virginia, and Tennessee to attend the Martin Smith and Howard Grogg family reunion. The occasion was held at the Sugar Grove Rescue Squad building where music was coupled with delicious foods for all to enjoy. A hayride followed before everyone returned to their respective home.
The Tom and Paula Mitchell families enjoyed a week’s vacation this past week on the Outer Banks in North Carolina.
St. Paul Independent Lutheran Church parishioners had their annual picnic Sunday at Thorn Spring Park. The Crestmen were also there with their performances.
This week’s quotes are as follows:
“I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4.” — Yogi Berra
“Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the ones I keep to myself.” — Patsy Cline
“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.” — Martin Luther
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.” — Jerry West
“Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn’t want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn’t.” — Jamie Lee Curtis
August birthdays include Justin Via, David Puffenbarger, Lonnie Conley and Eddie Armentrout, first; Tracy Armstrong, second; Nancy Enyart, third; Junior Bolton, Skyler Frame and Brittany Gumm, fourth; Steve Stump, Paula Price, Doris Hoops, Carter and Colby Hott and Charlotte Hoover, fifth; Jerry Smith and Johnny Rexrode, sixth; Amy Berg, seventh; Amanda Rexrode, Karen Peer, Gary Smith and Carl Hevener, eighth; Dolly Rexrode, and Phillip Simmons, ninth; Corrina and Carrigan Hedrick, Sherman Bennett, Margaret Kiser and Daren and Sara Olka, 10th; Brandon Mitchell and Becky Rightsell, 11th; Doug Simmons, Pat Godfrey, Sam Harper and C.J. Eckard, 12th; Sandy Bennett, 13th; Moni Harman, 14th; Denise Neil and Bobby Shanholtz, 15th; and Wanda Rexrode and Lynn Nelson, 16th.
Concerns are for Mike Adams, Charles Anderson, Alfred Armstrong, John Ashley, Roger Ashley, Mercedes Aumann, Dave Basagic, Allen Beachler, Liz and Mick Bodkin, “Bo” Boggs, Larry Byers, Joyce Calhoun, Christy Cole, Marie Cole, Austin Conn, Stanley Dahmer, Kim Davis, Phil Downs, Jennifer Errett, Isaac Eye, Marie Eye, Mary Eye, Carl Gant, David Gillispie, Patsy Green, JC Hammer, Sharon Harr, Steve and Armanda Heavner, Hannah Hedrick, Jack and Starr Hedrick, Chuck and Tracy Hiett, Jim Hiner, Evan Hise, Tim Hively, Henry Hodges, Edsel and Mary Ann Hogan, Julia Homan, Keith Hoover, Delbert Olin Hoover, Debbie Horst, Bob and Cynthia Hurry, Mike and Lisa Jamison, Linda Jones, Richard Judy, Marsha Keller, Tara Kelley, Ruth Kile, Ginger Kimble, Tom and Kim Kline, Tracie Knight, Laura Kropp, Melissa Lambert, Robert Lambert, Rex Landis, Donna Mallow, Roger and Skip Mallow, Audree Marsh, Anna Mauzy, Ed May, Gene and Joan McConnell, Gary McDonald, Neil McLaughlin, Rose Miller, Bruce Minor, Tom Mitchell, Barbara Moats, Gloria Moats, Jim Moats, Helen Nash, Aaron Nelson, Dwight Nelson, Ruth Nelson, Cheryle Paine, Terri Parker, Andy Pond, Wayne Price, Daniel and Debbie Propst, Janice Propst, Alda Propst, Janis Propst, Marilyn Propst, Mike Propst, Sheldon Propst, Virginia Propst, the Charlsey Puffenbarger family, Eldon “Butch” Puffenbarger, Tom Rader, Willard Rader, Brandon Reel, Jason Rexrode, Jimmy Rexrode, Linda Fay Rexrode, Bernie Sasscer, Annie Simmons, Erin Simmons, Eva Simmons, Greg Simmons, Judy Simmons, Nelson Simmons, Tonya Simon, Robbie Sites, Mike Skiles, Bruce Smith, Ed and Carolyn Smith, Natalie Stephenson, Tina Stuben, Steve Stump, Riley Thompson, Carolyn Thomas, Linda and Larry Vandevander, Sandra Vandevander, Amy Vaus, Estelle and Don Wagner, Mary Louise Waldschlager, Amby Waybright, Jr., Mike Waybright, Rene White, Sherry Wilfong, Judy Williams and Ann and Ed Wimer.
