"Delia’s sister, our Great aunt Lethia, had a “rawhead and bloody bones” in her attic so no one ever had courage enough to go further than halfway up those steps! She’d always have a huge bowl of biscuits and a bottle of syrup on her kitchen table which we dutifully stole, sticking our finger down in a biscuit, wiggling it back and forth, and pouring in syrup. Years later we learned she had a peep hole through which she gleefully watched us “steal” the stuff she’d made especially for us. Grandma Dunn was long dead by then."
Lethia is in the middle. Circa 1917. |
What a fun story!
ReplyDeleteYeah! Lethia was a widow for most of her adult life and she never had kids, so I'm sure it was fun for her to see the kids gleefully "stealing" her treats :)
DeleteLOL! I can see this scene clearly.
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