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On 07/15/2009, Joanne said ...
Thank you a million times for hanging the snake in the bush! I was just about to perish for want of rain. The snake charm is one I hadn't heard, or if I had, I forgot it. We'll just call you the Rainmaker.
On 07/15/2009, Marie said ...
eeeewww....indeed! The only snake I ever liked was soft, plush and stuffed.
A 6 FOOT snake on your fridge...I don't think I want to hear about it!! : )
I am glad to hear it rained - we could use some of that too! My grass was so nice and green two weeks ago and now it looks like straw. But I'd rather look at straw than a snake!
Can you tell I'm not a fan of snakes at all!
On 07/15/2009, Elaine said ...
I do not like snakes either!! I recall going with my g-uncle up in the Blue Ridge Mts. to pick up a sports jacket (his pipe had burned a tiny hole in it)from a lady who did weaving repairs. She lived in the back woods of the BRM and it was steep narrow dirt roads to get to her house/cabin. It was drought and she had this very long rattle snake hanging from her clothesline pole. Something was said about it and either he or she said it was to bring rain....and Rain it DID..within a day or so...
On 07/15/2009, Andy said ...
That's so funny. I was just tellin Scott about the snake on our refrigerator. I forget how it came up. I don't think he likes snakes either.
On 07/15/2009, Barbara Anne said ...
Ewwwwwwwwww! I don't like spiders or snakes even if they are beneficial. I don't touch pictures of spiders or snakes either.
We have black rat snakes here and if they stay away from me and from the house, they're welcome. We have copperheads, too, and they aren't welcome anywhere ever.
Interesting about the snake in the tree .... and we DO need rain .....?! Does it have to be a real or formerly real snake? We have a spare rubber snake if that would work. Any ideas?
Next subject please!
Hugs!
On 07/16/2009, Kristine said ...
Thank you for bringing the rain. I love snakes and used to have 8 or 9 as pets. We only have 1 now.
I bet that 6 foot rat snake raised a fair ruckus! So did you catch him and release him or did someone else? Inquiring minds want to know.
On 07/16/2009, alexandrine said ...
I hate snake !!!!!!!!!
Here we want rain too....:-(((
On 07/16/2009, Teresa said ...
I had not heard that about hanging a snake in a tree, but will remember it now. I had a snake in my house once too. My husband was at work and I yelled for my son, who was on the phone talking to his gf. It was a harmless garden black snake, and did not belong in my house. My son got it in my mop bucket, and then picked the phone back up and kept talking to his gf...holding the snake in the bucket with the mop. Of course, it got loose and was slithering all around my kitchen...ever try to catch a 4 ft long black snake on linoleum??? I ran to the yard, got the heavy duty rake and finally we got the darn thing wrapped around the rake, threw the snake and rake out the back door. Never saw that snake again!
On 07/16/2009, Nicole said ...
Oh. Snakes. Talk of them makes me weak. I have a serious phobia for them. If I ever had one in my house I am sure I would have to move. Emigrate to Ireland. They don't have snakes in Ireland. Hey, I'm Irish--maybe that is where the phobia came from!
On 07/16/2009, Beverly said ...
Susan, this post gave me a big ole smile. I have a snake phobia, too. And, spending most of my life in south Florida provided me many snake experiences.
I don't recall seeing a dead snake hanging from a tree, but you taught me something new.
On 07/16/2009, Ramey Channell said ...
I remember when we were little, either Mr. Engle or R.J Armstrong hung a BIG dead snake in a tree right close to our smoke house. (It was probably Mr. Engle, since he's the one Mama always called to get rat snakes out of the chicken coop.) Anyway, Daddy got disgusted because eventually the snake rotted, attracted flies and smelled awful. He had to use a long fishing pole to remove the smelly dead snake from the tree, and ofcourse it left me with a trauma as all things did!
Your sister Trois
On 07/16/2009, Ramey Channell said ...
That was me with the previous stinky DEAD SNAKE in the tree story. For some reason it didn't recognize my URL.
Do you remember how Mr. Engle used to reach into the chicken coop with his bare hand and grab a snake and yank it out of the nest? He was a fearless snake catcher.
Trois
On 07/17/2009, Kai said ...
HAHAHAHAHA ... GASP! I just laughed my fool self nearly sick reading the comments! That was SO MUCH FUN! Oh, my goodness! Now let me settle down here & comment on the actual post which was, by the way, VERY interesting! Hmmmmm - dead snakes/rain. The only thing IS, "Where ARE those doggone dead critters when you NEED 'em?" After all the accounts of snake phobias, I'm almost reluctant to say - I LIKE snakes. Don't necessarily want any sneaking UP on me because that would freak me out. But I really don't fear them. And I love spiders! It's ... LIZARDS ... that terrify me. Just WRITING the WORD creeped me out. If one were to get ON me, I may as well just lie down & CROAK. Hey! Maybe if I hang a dead LIZARD in a tree it will be the catalyst for rain. You think? Of course, I'm too scared of them to KILL one. Sigh. I guess we Houston folks are doomed to be parched!
On 07/17/2009, Suze said ...
Does it have to be a whole snake?? The only dead snake I know of around here is a rattler head embedded in a ball of plastic resin that my DH came home from Texas with as a souvenier..do you think if I took it outside and put it upside down in a tree that it might work to bring us rain??? That is..if I could convince myself to touch it?? It's been sitting at the back of a shelf in the corner with the fangs turned to the wall for at least 15 years now...I don't look when I dust it..
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