Word: ruint
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...called upon to testify to his religious experiences at a revival meeting. Uncle Ephraim remained silent. Finally the minister said, "Brother Swink, suppose you tell us what God has done for you." Uncle Ephraim pulled his crippled body from his seat and replied, "Brother, he has mighty nigh ruint me." Said Ervin: "Mr. President, that is about what Senator McCarthy has done to the Senate...
...double as he sat in church one Sunday. The mountain preacher asked various members of the congregation what the Lord had done for them. All replied, in self-satisfying detail. Then the preacher pointed to Uncle Eph and demanded an answer. Croaked Uncle Eph: "Brother, he has mighty nigh ruint me." Concluded Senator Ervin: "That is about what Senator McCarthy has done to the Senate." Ervin made his point, even while lightening the Senate atmosphere. He did it again during a 1956 hearing of the Senate's airpower subcommittee, when Washington's Democratic Senator "Scoop" Jackson and then...
...Ruint. Pondering over this title, one stumbles on the truth-"ruint" is what happens to a girl when she gets careless. That's how they pronounce it in the Carolina mountains. This particular girl was careless enough to get herself kissed on the lips by a vagrant Northern millionaire. Thereupon, the simple village menfolk consider her disgraced and rally round to marry her and reinsure her honor. Shotguns and tar are meted out to the unhappy Northerner. A rope is around his neck when the lady, having kissed, decides to tell...
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