Romance Vs. Pigs
Jun 01, 2021
3 minutes
By Douglas S. Clark
he biggest event of the year around our household was the start of the Blount County Fair in East Tennessee. In 1954 I was 12 years old and my younger brother Buddy Earl was 11. At these ages we would be allowed to participate in both the pig scramble (wrestling) and catching a greased pig. The rules were simple. In the pig scramble you and your partner would try to grab a greased pig and put it in a sack. The other competition, catching a greased pig, was a lot easier; all you
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