Ocupation: Publisher
Life: December 31, 1817 - April 24, 1881
Birthday: December 31
Death: April 24
A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm.
source: James Thomas Fields, “The Lucky Horseshoe”
topic: Blessing, Doors, Wife, Homesteading, Horseshoes, Load