Re: Old southern sayings


That was my take. too, Auralie, given the superstitions of that time and the interesting, often amusing, way our forbearers dealt with them.

On Nov 6, 2005, at 2:31 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:

Very interesting, Jim. From what I know of the way things were said, I think
the
final sentence is probably right
"An intriguing suggestion Ibve seen is that Dick here was originally Nick, a
reference to the devil."
Auralie

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