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Forest Hall Said his mother would make them wear dresses forpunishment when they were young. Cora or Mamaw Hall as I always calledher lived in a small Air Stream trailer set up in th e back yard of herdaughter's home in Cramerton, NC. From the time that I was old enough tor emember her, she was an old lady full of spirit. She sat most of thetime in her chair wit h a #10 can beside it to spit in, as she chewedplug tobacco. When I was very little I can re mber she told me s story ofa man sitting up in his coffin and everyone ran out of the house . Inever thought anything else about it until I read Hattie's book, on page86 this is writt en.Flora Burgess Caldwell told of some man that died,who for years had a rheumatism or lumb ago as they called it, and he wasdrawn over badly. When he died, they really had a hard tim e getting himstright enough to fit in the coffin. But after alot of work, they finallygot h im strightned out enough to put in the casket.Then, as customary,everyone had gathered at h is house, taking and eating. And sudenly thecorpse sat up in the casket, and nearly scared t hem to death. They allran out of the room hollering, and screaming, "Lord have mercy! How could such a thing happen?"Evidently his muscles contracted back to the wayhe had been draw n over, thus setting him up. She could not rember whothe man was.
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