Ann Kirby
You get used to hanging if you hang long enough. ~ Blanche Kirby
My mother was undoubtedly not the first to utter that saying about hanging. I did a little research, and found that it must qualify as folklore, since I found it attributed to numerous parents and grandparents, mostly Irish. Although I could pick up the irony even when I was quite young, I accepted it as a bonafide part of reality.
Over the years, I’ve quoted it from time to time. Often, I’d get some strange looks, maybe ...
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