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AND HORNS ON THE TOADS
father's standard sayings when starting on a trip was: "If I
don't get back, be sure and plant a big pea patch"
Grandfather told another tale on Uncle Ed. Several of the
men of the neighborhood, along with Grandfather, butchered
Uncle Ed's five hogs for him and, because Uncle Ed was ailing
at the time (not able to do any work but sufficiently active to
stand around and closely supervise the operation), they cut
the meat up, salted it down, ground out the sausage, and ren-
dered the lard. For lunch Uncle Ed had brought out a bunch
of corn pone left over from a previous meal and stipulated that
the men could supplement this bread by toasting off the spleens
(called "long tongue"). When all the work had been done,
each of the workmen received as compensation for his labor one
hog's head, bestowed by Uncle Ed with this remark: "Oh, go
ahead and take the whole thing. We don't like them here any-
way-meat tastes too strong." This episode irked Grandfather
so much that he composed a commemorative poem-which pro-
voked Grandmother fully as much as it provided pleasure to
Grandfather:
Owed to Ed
Come all you farmers and I will tell
About a man that you all know well.
He's a Baptist deacon on Onion Creek,
And so damn tight his eyeballs squeak.
Came the first norther in Oh six
All the folks from the branches and creeks
Pitched right in with neighborly will
To help Old Ed his hogs to kill.
Ed was sickly as could be
And could not get up the energy
To stick a shote or scrape a hair,
But he spouted advice everywhere.
We dressed out the meat and cut up the lard -
All except Ed worked long and hard.
A scrumptious feast when the noon bell rung
Was made out on pone and fresh long tongue.62
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Boatright, Mody Coggin. And Horns on the Toads, book, 1959; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38856/m1/75/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.