She would put pallets down on the floor in the front room to sleep on. There was a little gas heater beside us, so we never got cold. We always had a fresh tree Pappaw chopped down for our Christmas. On Christmas Eve night, Mammaw would hang Pappaw's brown and red-heeled socks up on the quilting hooks on the ceiling for Santa to fill. We always got an apple, an orange, and ribbon candy and nuts. Once, she hung one of her brassieres as a stocking! I'll never forget that. She was a fantastic cook, and we always had a real spread for Christmas dinner. She joking called her German Chocolate cake a "Shoesole Cake".
She made the best prune cake I ever ate! I never saw her in ladies pants..she always wore a dress and flate shoes, unless she went to church, and she wore little pumps, She loved to entertain us kids with games with "Button,Button, Who's got the Button", "Bear Walking", "Hot and Cold", "The Goose and the Gander". She taught us to spin a button with thread looped through it and held by our thumbs. We could really make that button hum! She taught me to crochet, even though I was left-handed. She also taught me to count to ten in Indian language, though I've forgotten it now. She said her great grandmother (I think) received some land when Pocahantas's land was divided among her heirs, and that we were kin to the great Indian maiden. And she let us play with her snuff jars under the house. There was always a stray kitten or two around her house. She loved flowers and had a beautiful Magnolia tree out front. At one time when I was little, I can remember their having a well in front of the house. There was a little bucket you could draw water from there, but later on the city closed it up and built the street over it. She had lovely Cala Lillies and Amaryllis. And we always made home made ice cream in the summer time on her front porch. We got to crank it when we were big enough. So many treasured memories...
She would put pallets down on the floor in the front room to sleep on. There was a little gas heater beside us, so we never got cold. We always had a fresh tree Pappaw chopped down for our Christmas. On Christmas Eve night, Mammaw would hang Pappaw's brown and red-heeled socks up on the quilting hooks on the ceiling for Santa to fill. We always got an apple, an orange, and ribbon candy and nuts. Once, she hung one of her brassieres as a stocking! I'll never forget that. She was a fantastic cook, and we always had a real spread for Christmas dinner. She joking called her German Chocolate cake a "Shoesole Cake".
She made the best prune cake I ever ate! I never saw her in ladies pants..she always wore a dress and flate shoes, unless she went to church, and she wore little pumps, She loved to entertain us kids with games with "Button,Button, Who's got the Button", "Bear Walking", "Hot and Cold", "The Goose and the Gander". She taught us to spin a button with thread looped through it and held by our thumbs. We could really make that button hum! She taught me to crochet, even though I was left-handed. She also taught me to count to ten in Indian language, though I've forgotten it now. She said her great grandmother (I think) received some land when Pocahantas's land was divided among her heirs, and that we were kin to the great Indian maiden. And she let us play with her snuff jars under the house. There was always a stray kitten or two around her house. She loved flowers and had a beautiful Magnolia tree out front. At one time when I was little, I can remember their having a well in front of the house. There was a little bucket you could draw water from there, but later on the city closed it up and built the street over it. She had lovely Cala Lillies and Amaryllis. And we always made home made ice cream in the summer time on her front porch. We got to crank it when we were big enough. So many treasured memories...
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