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Marthe48

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31. I grew up near Cleveland, Oh

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 11:48 AM

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In 1962, my parents bought a farm in s.e. Ohio. At the time, it took us 6 hrs to drive down. Our place hadn't been farmed, but the next place was worked and we met and got to be friends with the family. I remember them saying 'O'er yannah' which meant 'over yonder'. O'er yannah in the holler.
Perry, the farmer, introduced us to leg wrestling. My Dad was 6'6" and Perry wasn't more than 5'8". I have a picture of them laying on the ground, side by side, but head to toe, one leg each in the air, getting ready for another bout. There was much whiskey involved. Lol

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