meal-an-the-yum

Updated: May 26, 2025

She say thar was a preacher down yer to Girdle Tree Hill that preached the Meal-an-the-Yum was a-goin' to happen right off." "Millennium," suggested Tilghman. "Maybe so. Misc Somers call it 'the Meal-an-the-Yum, I thought. Anyway, they was all goin' to rise, right off, an' he with 'em. Lord sakes! they had frills put on thar night-gowns to rise in.

George Alfred Townsend - The Entailed Hat: Or, Patty Cannon's Times