Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-11-08
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| fishing.
Grow on the fence,
Rain viii go hence.
Crow on the ground,
Rain will come down.
Storms clear off at 0 O clock in the
morning, at noon, at o'clock. in the
afternoon, at sunset, at midnight or at
sunrise.
Gramp added that he knew we were
going to have dull day. for he had
heard it raining in the night about /
o'clock; ''and, said he, 81 couldn t
help thinkin O. that old saying:
Between twelve and two
You can tell what the day will do.
1t may cloud up or clear off later
in the night, but the day will be what
it was between ~ and 2.
If our dog comes into the house
and puts his head under the mat I'm
certain sure there's goin' to be cold
snap, and it comes every time.
when the wind dies down at sunset
it will blow again the next day.
A thunderstorm amt good for eggs
that are under hen Matching. The
chickens are apt to be crazy.
March winds and May sun
Make dun cloth white, and fair
maids dun.
when you're peelin' onions, hold a
pin between your teeth and it'll pre-
vent your erwin.
Dream Of picking fruit out of seas
on, and you'll quarrel without reas-
on.
9 If you want to get rid of the rats
in your house ketch one and tar and
feather and then turn it loose. All the
rats will leave in a hurry.
when l was a boy I'd sometimes
play SO hard I'd have pain in my
side. To cure it I'd lift up stone,
spit under it and put the stone back in
it's place. l wouldn't have any more
trouble from the pain after that.
IF you begin to tell something and
forget what you were saying that is a
sign it was true.
Mend your clothes upon your back
Poverty you'll never lack.
When the world was new the devil
spent lot of time sowing it with
stones, He carried the stones in his
apron, and where you see spots where
they are very thick you can know his
apron strings broke there.
ITO stop, hiccoughs see how near you
can hold your little fingers together
without touching
IF you don't want to have the
toothache cut little bit from each
toenail and fingernail Then wrap
the cuttings in white paper Or birch
bark and put EN- in hole bored in a
pine tree. Close the hole by plugging
and you won't have any trouble with
aching teeth as long as you live, though
this won't prevent your losing your
teeth by decay.
You can cnre your rheumatism by
putting mustard in your Shoes
If you have the stomach ache
Eat piece of burnt cake.
"You can stop the nosebleed by put
ting piece of paper under your ton
que. You can stop it, too, by placing
key ON the back of your neck.
''It's good plan to fill bottle with
water at a spring on Easter morning
before sunrise There amt any medi-
cine advertised that can equal such
water, because it'll cure more things
and is sure every time Drink little
of it if anything is the matter inside
of you; and if you have sore rub it
on the outside. You'll be surprised to
see what it does for you, no matter
what disease you got
when you're out driving in the
winter and your feet get cold take off
your hat Thatll warm EN-, even if
they're like ice. You see the cold air
drives the blood from your head and
your feet can't help but get warm.
Don't cut twig to string your fish
on until you ketch your first fish. If
you do you won't ketch any.
when you see the first robin in the
spring notice whether it flies up or
down. If it flies up you will have
good luck during the year; but if it
flies down you will have bad luck.
''Never carry cat across running
water if you want to have good luck.
1t will ruin your life You might just
as we'll take dose of deadly poison
and be done with it.
IF spider drops down before you
it is sign you are goin' to have com
pany.
spit for luck on your friends new
shoes and he win never wear them to
place where he will be unhappy.
"What a baby weighs at birth is
Just one-twentieth of what it will
weigh as a grown person.
"A baby should be carried upstairs
before il is carried down, even if you
have to take it into the garrett To
carry it downstairs first would make it
low-minded. and it would never rise
in the world.
IF You would find cluster Of bub-
bles ON your coffee il means that mon
ey is coming.