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A Gift From Pa

A Gift From Pa....

A few years ago, I got a little notebook for my grandparents to write down all of the little things they would tell me and all of the storys I didn't want to forget. Over the years, from time to time they would write things down as they remembered them. When my grandpa died so close to Christmas I suddenly realized that there would be no gifts from Pa to open and no gifts to him. I know Christmas isn't about that, but when you're used to something it's hard when you realize that it will be different. One day, I remembered the notebook and so I gave myself a Christmas present from Pa.

This first piece is called "Club Fist"...

This first story "Club Fist" was a game that someone created to play way back when my grandpa was growing up. Since they didn't have I-pods or Wii's they had to be creative!

For the first part of the game "Take it off, knock it off, or let the crows peck it off" you and the people you were playing with would put one fist on top of the other in a vertical stack and then say that phrase. The top player would then choose which way to have his fist removed then the second question asked was, "What have you got in that little round hole?" the player would put their hand almost in the shape of a fist with just enough of a hole at the top that you could fit your index finger in and then the rest of the story would unfold. At the end, each player would be challenged to keep a straight face or get their hair pulled three times, get pinched twice, and get slapped! I remember playing this with my grandparents and was fascinated.

William Trimble Toe - this was also a game. The "Catches hens, puts them in pens" was about birds. The "some lay eggs, some none" was about what kind of bird. The whole game was about guessing what kind of bird it was that you had from the scattered flock by clues that each person gave such as what color of feathers, what kind of call did the bird make, what color of eggs if it layed any, somewhat like charades. If the guesser got the three letters O-U- & - T then they were out of the game. For a long time, I knew birds really well!

Old Dan Tucker - just a funny story about a guy named Dan Tucker and all the pitiful stuff he got into...

Uh-huh - this is the story about a frog and a mouse's love affair that ended quite tragically!

Uncle Luther - this is actually a true story about my grandpa's great uncle Luther. He was always a scared man and his wife wasn't. He would make her do all of the things he was scared to.

Things To Go By... this is probably my favorite thing he wrote down. It was how to read signs of things such as seasons, weather, and good or bad luck. Most of the weather things I have found to be quite true, but it's just common sense or cause and effect.

Below are some Christmas name-tags addressed to me in the "pet" names like "little shug" or "little" that my grandpa had written on some of my packages in the past. The big blue one at the top was from last year when they got me some new jeans. I know that if he had been here this year for Christmas I would have another tag like these. You take even the smallest things such as getting these name-tags for granted until you don't have them anymore. I'm glad I kept some of them.


				*My Grandpa* *A Gift From Pa*



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		A Gift From Pa.... A few years ago, I got a little notebook for my grandparents to write down all of the little things they would tell me and all of the storys I didn't want to forget. Over the years, from time to time they would write things down as they remembered them. When my grandpa died so close to Christmas I suddenly realized that there would be no gifts from Pa to open and no gifts to him. I know Christmas isn't about that, but when you're used to something it's hard when you realize that it will be different. One day, I remembered the notebook and so I gave myself a Christmas present from Pa. This first piece is called "Club Fist"... This first story "Club Fist" was a game that someone created to play way back when my grandpa was growing up. Since they didn't have I-pods or Wii's they had to be creative! For the first part of the game "Take it off, knock it off, or let the crows peck it off" you and the people you were playing with would put one fist on top of the other in a vertical stack and then say that phrase. The top player would then choose which way to have his fist removed then the second question asked was, "What have you got in that little round hole?" the player would put their hand almost in the shape of a fist with just enough of a hole at the top that you could fit your index finger in and then the rest of the story would unfold. At the end, each player would be challenged to keep a straight face or get their hair pulled three times, get pinched twice, and get slapped! I remember playing this with my grandparents and was fascinated.



		William Trimble Toe - this was also a game. The "Catches hens, puts them in pens" was about birds. The "some lay eggs, some none" was about what kind of bird. The whole game was about guessing what kind of bird it was that you had from the scattered flock by clues that each person gave such as what color of feathers, what kind of call did the bird make, what color of eggs if it layed any, somewhat like charades. If the guesser got the three letters O-U- & - T then they were out of the game. For a long time, I knew birds really well!



		Old Dan Tucker - just a funny story about a guy named Dan Tucker and all the pitiful stuff he got into... Uh-huh - this is the story about a frog and a mouse's love affair that ended quite tragically! Uncle Luther - this is actually a true story about my grandpa's great uncle Luther. He was always a scared man and his wife wasn't. He would make her do all of the things he was scared to. Things To Go By... this is probably my favorite thing he wrote down. It was how to read signs of things such as seasons, weather, and good or bad luck. Most of the weather things I have found to be quite true, but it's just common sense or cause and effect. Below are some Christmas name-tags addressed to me in the "pet" names like "little shug" or "little" that my grandpa had written on some of my packages in the past. The big blue one at the top was from last year when they got me some new jeans. I know that if he had been here this year for Christmas I would have another tag like these. You take even the smallest things such as getting these name-tags for granted until you don't have them anymore. I'm glad I kept some of them.