Rosenberg Mamaw (what we
all called Daddy’s mother) was a remarkable woman. She made almost everything we needed on the
farm, from food to remedies to soap to scarecrows. She always kept busy and whenever we needed
something, she used whatever we had on hand.
When the corn started
getting tall and ears would come on, we had many crows that would make the
rounds from farm to farm to feed off the corn.
Something was in order to keep them away because we ate the corn, as
well as kept a good portion of it for the cows.
Our grandparents threw
very little away. Mamaw always kept
Papaw’s worn out shirts and pants to make scarecrows for the corn patch. I also suspect she pulled stuff out of this box
of goods when it was time for Halloween.
Armed with an old
broomstick or handle to serve as a stake, a stack of clothes over her arm,
she’d head for the bran in search of loose hay.
It wasn’t long and she had several scarecrows made that she would place
strategically around the field.
