Polly's eight year old granddaughter had lots of questions. Below are just a few of them.
Did you ever run away or hide?
Yes.
One time I ran away and hid in the woods for four days with my aunt who was the
same age as me. All our folks were so worried. We got so hungry and dirty and
had insect bites all over us.
Did you have ice cream?
We
made ice cream in the summer. A man cut ice blocks at Tolliver Hole in the
winter and kept them buried in sawdust until summer.
Did you have your own bedroom?
No,
I never did. It was pleasant beyond words to sleep with two or three little
brothers and sisters. Once when I was about two years old and yet sleeping with
my mom and dad, I remember a rat bit me on the knee!
How did you keep your soda cold?
We didn’t
have sodas. We hung the milk down in the well in a jar in the well bucket. We
got out first refrigerator in 1953.
Did you have chores you had to do?
I
took care of little sisters and brothers, sewed their clothes, carried water,
washed on a rub-board, but mostly I helped at the sawmill. I helped grind corn
and wheat at our grist-mill and even made railroad ties with a broad axe.
Did you go to the fair?
The
Fourth of July picnic at Grandin was like a carnival. The merry-go-round was
owned by the Tolliver family. There was square dancing. If I stopped dancing, my
boyfriend Clarence Willhite would quit playing the violin so everyone had to
stop dancing!
Who was your favorite boyfriend?
Outside
of the two I married it is yet a BIG SECRET.
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