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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
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 Posted - May 19 2020 : 10:05:05 AM
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New question: how many of you have ever taken a little stick and stirred the soft earth, where you saw a small cone shaped hole, all the while saying or singing, " Lady Bug, Lady Bug... Fly away home.
Your house is on fire and your children are alone! "
I saw two little cone shapes in the flower bed near my squash plants the other day and a part of me wanted to find a stick and stir. But the adult in me reminded me of my chores...So I just repeated the little rhyme in my head. |
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
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darlene
Loleta
California
USA
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Posted - May 19 2020 : 10:52:12 AM
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I haven’t done that in a long time, would be fun!
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Farmgirl # 4943
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for what he has done.
Philippians 4:6
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - May 19 2020 : 12:08:04 PM
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| Doodlebugs! I haven't seen any of those little cone-shaped holes in a long time. |
Judith
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
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Posted - May 19 2020 : 2:50:45 PM
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Judith you are so right Doddle Bug...not lady bug!
Thank you. |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Galt
CA
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Posted - May 19 2020 : 7:56:26 PM
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| I think they were also called ant lions; we would find ants and drop them down and see if they got grabbed. |
Judith
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Edited by - StitchinWitch on May 19 2020 7:57:07 PM |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - May 20 2020 : 05:00:02 AM
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| Marilyn, I have seen granny beads on children but I never knew the term for it. While we have lots of Lady Bugs down here, I have not ever seen those cone shaped holes in the ground. Wow, this topic of the country store has generated lots of old timey information tidbits. Can’t you just imagine people in the old store talking amongst themselves about these topics? So many conversational terms have been dropped over time but there are still remnants in various parts of our states. |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
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darlene
Loleta
California
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Posted - May 20 2020 : 06:39:50 AM
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We called them ant lotions when I was little in Colorado.
My dad had his shop in the back of the house and I would go out there and watch them pull ants down there cone.
That was fun, it has been years.
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Farmgirl # 4943
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for what he has done.
Philippians 4:6
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
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Posted - May 20 2020 : 08:03:17 AM
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I don't recall ever seeing any ants around a cone, but once we got a doodle bug out and looked at it.
Sadly, most young people don't have a clue! Their world exists around them only. |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
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Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 21 2020 : 07:53:59 AM
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We always said the ladybug rhyme,
Ladybug, ladybug fly away home,
your house is on fire, your children all gone
All except one, and that's little Ann,
for she crept under the frying pan
I have seen the little cone shaped mounds but I always thought they were ant hills.
I have seen inverted cone shaped holes where I thought chiggers lived but I guess they were doodlebugs.
"Doodle Bug, Doodle Bug, fly away home
Your house is on fire and your kids are all gone."
My grandfather had a tractor he used at his marina that was always known as the doodlebug in our family.  |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
Edited by - levisgrammy on May 21 2020 08:08:34 AM |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - May 25 2020 : 06:50:09 AM
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Sunday, when I went to pick wild plums at my daughter's farm, I remembered that this old building across from her property was once a small country store. It was owned by The Thomas family and they lived in a little house behind the store until they both passed away in the upper 90s just a few years ago. The building itself is in poor condition, but at one time it was a little stop off point for farmers that lived out there in the tiny agriculture community of LaCrosse, Florida.
Here is the faded sign to the right of the front door.
I don't know the details of this store except that it has been closed for decades. Did they send out dry cleaning for customers? Did they sell a few grocery items and possibly home and farm small stuff? I need to ask my son in law more details so I can share about this building. I wonder if anything is left inside besides who knows what that squeezed into the rotting boards?? I wonder what it was like back in it's day? I wonder if it was a little local gathering spot for customers? Ahhh, if only the walls could talk!! |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
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Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 25 2020 : 10:38:56 AM
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Winnie,
I bet that little place was busy in its heyday. I like to think about what places were like and the people who went to them or lived in them. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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