…to go crabbing. This involved tying a string around the chicken neck and casting it into the water then tying the other end to the rail of the bridge. When the crabs would come up to feed on the chicken we would take a net and scoop up the crabs. It was a competition to see who would net the biggest one.
The image to the right could or could not be John Brown but might have inaccurately been associated with John Brown by historians due to the hypnotic suggestion and a writer’s capacity to dictate behavior.
Dang me, dang me, ought to take a rope and hang me…this image and the lyrics may be the reason I wanted to hang myself.
