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HOW TO GET RID OF RATS
IF RATS GOT PRETTY BAD AND YOU WANTED THEM TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU'D LEAVE NOTES IN THE RUNWAY TELLING THEM TO GO TO MR. JOHNSON'S FARM (THE NEIGHBORS) AND THEY WOULD ALL GO AWAY. YOU HAD TO TELL THEM THE DIRECTION TO GO TOO.
Submitter comment:
HIS MOTHER BELIEVED THIS AND WOULD ACTUALLY DO IT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-20-1968