tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post5818315019744684050..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Monday November 26th, 2012Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-23834288495376787032012-11-27T23:45:52.354-08:002012-11-27T23:45:52.354-08:00Greg - I had not heard of that particular cure bef...Greg - I had not heard of that particular cure before. I suspect the barber route would be more effective.<br /><br />Morganna - having said that, I do believe many old cures and remedies work better than a lot of what can be found in pharmacies.<br /><br />Pick and choose, I suppose :)Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-66789038288540195592012-11-27T07:56:54.971-08:002012-11-27T07:56:54.971-08:00Fragile
Often ignored by
Lots of educated
Kinds...Fragile <br />Often ignored by <br />Lots of educated <br />Kinds of folks unless to <br />Label <br />Or <br />Report their own <br />Educated bias.morgannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295309367485408358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-79596206527514087572012-11-27T00:58:41.926-08:002012-11-27T00:58:41.926-08:00Heh, I was expecting something completely differen...Heh, I was expecting something completely different from your ending; that's a very nice piece of misdirection! And I have to admire Beltran's idea for an ambush, it was very clever :)<br />I hope you do get a good night's sleep tonight!<br /><br /><b>Folklore</b><br />Jayala's eyes were red-rimmed from tiredness and weeping, and her legs bore long red scratches from where she couldn't leave them alone. Her mother, who had spent the week listening to her complaints about not being able to sleep from leg cramps, also looked tired.<br />"Did you use the bar of soap your grandmother gave you?" she asked. Folklore held that putting a bar of soap in the bed would cure leg cramps, but so far the brand new bar had failed, and the three-day old bar had failed as well. Jayala's grandmother had produced a truly antique, crumbly, ill-smelling relic of soap and said that it was proven to work.<br />"Yes!" snapped Jayala. "And I'm not washing those damn sheets either!"<br />Jayala's mother sighed. "I don't understand it," she said. "This is what we always do when someone has restless legs."<br />"Always?" Jayala was extremely grumpy.<br />"Well," said her mother, her tone dangerously soft. "There was that time we got the barber to cut the cramping leg off."Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com