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Local lore. Trees which bring death to planters Everybody knows not to plant a weeping willow tree. You are tempting Fate if you plant one. "As soon as they are big enough to shade your grave, you die," local wisdom goes. Now we've learned that the list is longer. Add cedars, magnolias, and holly trees. Same thing. Our understanding is that it is not the same for volunteer weeping willows, cedars, holly trees, and magnolias. Death just stalks the planter of the trees. But the late Adair County author Janice Holt Giles took no chances on even these. Beautiful willows at one time could be seen all around the farm pond beside the Giles House at Spout Springs. Mrs. Giles had Henry cut them all down and salt the stumps to kill them, their association with death was so great. Some call these ideas superstition. Some who claim to have a lot of Cherokee ancestry say they aren't sure whether they believe the notions or not, but, one said, "I sure don't want to tempt Fate." Whether the Cherokee blood has anything to do with it or not, they don't say. A grandfather said baby needed to fall out of bed in first year Still, some of the wisdom has to be appreciated. A baby who falls out of bed at least one time will have a long and prosperous life one said. Her grandfather told her that when she was crying about her baby, his grandson, falling off a car hood. She had expected to get a scolding. Instead, her devoutly superstitious grandfather assured her it was really good luck, that falling off a car hood fulfilled the falling out of bed in the first year for good luck insurance. He, she said, had much less diluted Cherokee blood. And a Republican, to boot, if that makes any difference. -ED WAGGENER This story was posted on 2009-06-15 13:27:25
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