Eastertime in Rural Arkansas

Reader Contribution by Arkansas Girl
Published on April 21, 2014
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I find it interesting that Easter can come in March or in April, but it doesn’t come before spring officially begins. In other words, Easter is always in spring. And, for some reason, I like it when Easter is in April and comes very late. That’s because when I was growing up, I liked a fairly warm day on which to attend Easter Sunday services. If I had on a pretty, new dress, I did not like wearing a sweater over it. I know that’s silly, but I was a child then, and I thought like a child.

And I remember that time when our family had our first and last Easter egg hunt … fond memories linger still. I was almost grown that year, but my sisters and I boiled and dyed eggs and hid them in the grassy woods near the house for our little brothers to find. It was a lot of fun, because the little ones were so excited roaming around among those tall, Arkansas pines and tromping springtime’s soft, green grass.

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We country folks have expressions that go like these. When someone is looking for something, if they’re a little off, we’d say, “You’re cool.” If they are quite a bit off, we’d say, “You’re getting cold.” If they are way out in the boondocks, we’d say, “Boy, you’re freezing.” Then, if they are somewhat in the territory of their target, we’d say, “You’re warm.” If they are getting close to the target, we’d say, “You’re getting hot.” If they are right on the target and don’t see it, we’d say, “Wow! You are on fire … you’re burning up.”

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