Things My Granddaddy Said

Hindsight is the only exact science.

The shoemaker’s children are always the ones who are barefooted.

His hogs are so poor it takes six of them to make a shadow.

You shouldn’t go talking about ropes in the house of a hanged man.

He’d fight a rattlesnake and give it two bites to start.

A frog in a well has never seen a sunset.

Jim Nissen

Are you gonna fish or cut bait?

I hear you clucking, but I can’t find your nest.

He did it quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.

Publisher Karen Altom and her Granddaddy J.C. Farris

As I grow older, more and more often I find myself saying, “Like my Granddaddy used to say…” In an effort to keep some of these old sayings alive, we are sharing them here. Please feel free to share yours with us!