Congregating At The Gin
Ovid Vickers
Decatur, Miss.
Cotton patch conversation was of a type heard nowhere else. An account was always given of the opening of a grave in an adjoining county and the discovery, to everyone's amazement, that the hair of the deceased had grown several inches. During the recounting of a successful gallbladder operation, some local doctor was accorded the same veneration as Franklin Roosevelt, Roy Acuff and John the Baptist.
Long exchanges took place over such Biblical matters as: What was the origin of the people in the land of Nod? Did turtles ever have the ability to make sounds? And was it not a contradiction for the Bible to say "an eye for an eye" and then turn around and say "Turn the other cheek?" Some woman would always announce that she would not be picking cotton if her husband had not run off with some hussy from over in Alabama.
There were certain cardinal sins that one did not commit while picking cotton. Running in the field was strictly forbidden. Running knocked the cotton off the stalk. Sitting on another person's cotton sheet, or even being close to someone else's sheet, was frowned upon. Cotton pickers were always ready to believe that someone was attempting to steal cotton from their sheets.
source : cottonfarming
Ovid Vickers
Decatur, Miss.
Cotton patch conversation was of a type heard nowhere else. An account was always given of the opening of a grave in an adjoining county and the discovery, to everyone's amazement, that the hair of the deceased had grown several inches. During the recounting of a successful gallbladder operation, some local doctor was accorded the same veneration as Franklin Roosevelt, Roy Acuff and John the Baptist.
Long exchanges took place over such Biblical matters as: What was the origin of the people in the land of Nod? Did turtles ever have the ability to make sounds? And was it not a contradiction for the Bible to say "an eye for an eye" and then turn around and say "Turn the other cheek?" Some woman would always announce that she would not be picking cotton if her husband had not run off with some hussy from over in Alabama.
There were certain cardinal sins that one did not commit while picking cotton. Running in the field was strictly forbidden. Running knocked the cotton off the stalk. Sitting on another person's cotton sheet, or even being close to someone else's sheet, was frowned upon. Cotton pickers were always ready to believe that someone was attempting to steal cotton from their sheets.
source : cottonfarming
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