The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

A LEGEND

IT WAS SAID THAT AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE,
THE COWS ARE ON THEIR KNEES AND THE CHICKENS HANG
FROM THE ROOST BY THEIR CLAWS.

Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A LEGEND WHICH HER
GRANDMOTHER TOLD HER WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN FORT
SMITH, ARKANSAS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH

Date learned: 08-13-1968