Sandy G
Retired Member
...Was VERY different than what we have today.My dad tells me there was barely an outhouse in E. Tennessee that wasn't turned over, farm wagons got put on top of barns, (I really wonder how they did THAT...) & he said if you knew what was good for you, DON'T bust open a pile of leaves in the road...There'd likely as not be a log or a bigazz rock waiting for you. He said one year, someone bought a 55 gal drum of molasses, & poured it out in front of the movie theater-everybody had to walk thru it when the show got out. All the storefronts' windows were soaped. He & his crew got stopped by the cops one Halloween, asked what they were up to-"Oh nothing, Officer !" came the innocent reply-as one of the boys ducked behind the cop car & bent its license plate double...Still, back then, it was 99% mischief, & rarely, if ever, did anyone get hurt.
