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I guess we won't be having Easter egg hunts outdoors this year. This is ridiculous even for this part of the country. And up here on Jackass Hill, it'll likely be a few degrees colder yet.
No one knows for sure how Jackass Hill got its name, but it appears just that way on the maps from around 1850, so it's not a recent development. I believe it was a past town historian who offered the following local legend:
It seems there was a farmer at the top of the Hill who raised mules for a living. A traveling preacher came up the hill one evening in his horse-drawn buggy, and the mules made such a ruckus that the horse spooked, overturning the buggy and updumping the preacher and all his belongings. The preacher, beyond angry as he gathered himself and his gear from the dirt road, shouted, "If Our Lord rode into town on one of those creatures, it's no wonder they crucified Him!"
Happy Easter.
1 comment:
That was excellent!!
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