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Re: What's corn shucking?


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Posted by Oliver 550Dave on December 04, 2010 at 13:22:46 from (74.206.93.15):

In Reply to: What's corn shucking? posted by rrlund on December 03, 2010 at 07:01:19:

I barely remember a corn shucking at my grandparents home in the early 1950's in northwest piedmont North Carolina. Corn was piled on the ground near the crib after being picked by hand. I think it was a morning event with several neighbors invited to help -- perhaps more like a party. As I was under 5 yrs of age, my parents were surprised when I later mentioned remembering the event. Seems like I stayed in the kitchen with grandma who was busy baking.
Other accounts of corn shuckings in this area had connotations of a community party event, probably held in the late afternoon/early evening. While most corn was white grained, someone finding an ear of red (Indian) corn was entitled to a kiss.
On the farm where I grew up the barn had a first floor area called the "shuck pen" and the corn crib was a separate building several feet away. (Crib was restored last year by a nephew; barn burned in an afternoon thunderstorm several years ago!) My understanding, corn pulled by hand could be piled on the ground for a short while without much damage while the moisture content dropped. Shucks were removed and stored in the shuck pen to be fed to the cows in the winter. Ears of corn were stored in the crib and fed to the horses. By the time I came along, dad still picked much of his corn by hand (small fields), and put it in the crib, shuck and all. Shoveled it later into the pickup and had it ground for cow feed at the local mill. The shuck pen was used for square baled hay.


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