mother would say...

"going to hell in a handbasket" 

this would be used in reference to world affairs

so it would go like this

some awful story would be televised

and out of the blue

"we're all going to hell in a handbasket"

i didn't hear this phrase often

much less references to hell,

although this is where she said liars go

just the same

when she said this

i took note

most of her people came from England

a few from Ireland

mother had many idiom's sprinkled in her speech

a heritage

not lace

no clock or trunk

no china

or quilts

just saying

missing my mom

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