Wednesday, January 19, 2011

One Fish, Two Fish

Daddy just called and relayed a good story from David Elkins about Great Grandaddy Berry Elkins.

Back in the day fishing boats would come in on Thursdays so that the Catholics would have fish on Fridays. That's why everyone had fish on Fridays. Well, on Thursdays Berry would walk in to Cairo from Woodland (about 5 miles) to buy a fish. One fish.

Greatgranny Emily and Aunty (sisters) would go in to town to buy fish, too. However, each had to buy her own. It turns out neither would eat a fish that the other had bought. Two Fish.

Andrew Elkins

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