SEGMENT: FARM WORK & RECOLLECTIONS
Bert Aikman>UIS Collection A's>UIS Collection, Segment 18
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- FARM WORK
- Bert tells story of how a preacher used a forked stick to find water. Bert describes how water-witching was done. (addenda item# 39, see Aikman 5, Clip# 771)
- RECOLLECTIONS
- Stories of superstitions & ghosts. Jokes about dressing up as ghost to scare people. Mentions railroad strike with guard on bridge at Honey Bend who was struck by a bolt & died. People thought he haunted spot where he was hit. Story of a railroad section foreman (a flannel-mouthed Irishman) relaying people dying & their burial on crossing the Atlantic. Mentions superstitions regarding farming, i.e. "moon-farmers" who won't farm until moon is just right. (addenda item# 39, see Aikman 5, Clip# 771)
