Welcome to this country life. I'm your host, Brent Reeves.

From coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living, I want you to stay a while

as I share my experiences and life lessons. This country life is presented by Case Nives on

Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast the airways have to offer.

All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate.

I've got some stories to share.

Superstitions Crossing your fingers, looking for four-leaf clovers, and avoiding the number 13

are some common superstitions that nearly everyone knows about.

I'm going to tell you about some of the ones I grew up around and maybe still practice to some degree.

I'm going to tell you all about it, but first, I'm going to tell you a story.

Somewhere around 1988, we were just driving down the road on the way to the woods one day.

Mr. Leon was keeping the fire stoked on a sale of menthol cigarette

and looking at a copy of an ownership map that we were using to locate some Georgia Pacific property lines

we were going to move some loggers onto in a few weeks.

I was a young man working for GP managing timber.

This was before I was old enough to be a police officer in Arkansas, and Mr. Leon Garlington

was the crew boss.

He was a veteran of World War II, having seen some brutal fighting in the South Pacific.

I respected him, and he tolerated me.

He hated everybody, and most everything made him mad.

It all stemmed from the war, I'm sure, but someone said he was contrary before he ever left Arkansas for the other side of the earth.

Regardless, I looked up to him, and I put a lot of stock into what he said.

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