I still use that one! One grandmother was from the Midwest, my other grandparents lived not too far from a river that is known to breach it's banks on a semi-regular basis. 😂🤣
I grew up with that saying in the Florida Panhandle; just a few miles from the Alabama border. And lived in a spot where creeks rising would temporarily cut us off from the rest of the world.
But Recently, someone told me that saying actually comes from the days of the Indian Wars, and refers to the possibility of the Creeks going on the war path.
I grew up in southwest Missouri hearing, “Lord willing and the creek don’t rise.”
I still use that one! One grandmother was from the Midwest, my other grandparents lived not too far from a river that is known to breach it's banks on a semi-regular basis. 😂🤣
Mrs. "the Knife"
I still say it too. My Oklahoma-born kids laugh about my "Hillbilly" sayings. :)
I grew up with that saying in the Florida Panhandle; just a few miles from the Alabama border. And lived in a spot where creeks rising would temporarily cut us off from the rest of the world.
But Recently, someone told me that saying actually comes from the days of the Indian Wars, and refers to the possibility of the Creeks going on the war path.
I need to research that.
Found it!
https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/20/god-willing-and-the-creek-dont-rise/
I have Creek (Muskogee) heritage and nobody wants us to rise.😂. Just ask my ex-husband.
I'm still sporting that one with a minor addition, "Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.