Belated Round-up!

[ursulav]

So, a coupla things…

Yesterday, I learned that one of the colloquial names for lady’s slipper orchids is “whippoorwill shoes.”

(YES I AM DEAD OF THE CUTE AS WELL.)

I also learned that the highway I live just off of, which is a Generic Number, actually does have a name. In the maps, it is “Devil’s Stomping Ground Road.”*

Needless to say, this made

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[kimuro]

If no one plants grain in the place, then no chicken will ever eat grain that was grown there.

[mckenzee]

Ah, the Devil's Tromping Ground. A classic from my childhood.

If you place branches on the path, when you go back they'll be gone; if you remove branches from the path, the next time THEY WILL BE BACK!

ALL HAIL SATAN!

[unhappytriad]

Devil's Stomping Ground is right up there with Booger Hill Road, Nowhere Road, and Plum Nelly Road (as in "it's plum nelly [nearly] all the way to ...") all of which are local to me.

Bailey White references the chickens-won't-eat-here thing in one of her stories. Do you read her? I have a feeling you'd like her stuff.

(Booger Hill is so called because it was reputed to be a place wherein horses would invariably startle. It is now the site of an annual drive-thru Live Nativity show that ends with a chicken mull, which is a party featuring a dish made from chicken, saltine crackers and milk. I have never had the nerve to try it, but I did a magazine story about the live nativity and interviewed the owner of the camel. His name is Niles and he has lovely eyelashes. The camel, not the owner.)

[3rdragon]

Seconding the recommendation of Bailey White! She is awesome.

[evcelt]

I hope the Devil's stomping doesn't keep you up at nights. I just know that sort of thing would make my dogs bark a lot...

[alicephilippa]

It's probably why Gir barks a lot on the KUEC podcast.

[teal_cuttlefish]

No, that's because Gir is a beagle. No other reason is necessary.

[alicephilippa]

Beagles bark a lot because they are receptive of things we cannot see. And if we could see them we'd bark a lot.

[mouse_rants]

Sounds like you are in Manly Wade Wellman territory - he has a batch of stories about various places regularly infested by the Devil. Still - probably better to have him do his pondering in some well-known place, rather than risk running into him just wherever - he might be annoyed at being interrupted if he was deep in thought.