Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer's day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.
Quotes about mules (13 Quotes)
Each Mules' team the last 12 years had their own mark on the school and on the program in some way. All I've asked this year's team to do is put their stamp on what is a great program. That's the thing just defining their own team.
Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.
Old muleskinners told how the mules were waiting at the shaft when they arrived each morning. They wanted relief from the heat, deerflies and mosquitoes just like the men.
In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.
Markets go throughout Kurdistan and occur on mules and donkeys who cross borders here and there. And chickens are small. It's quite difficult to control.
In the world of mules there are no rules.
It's a tough deal when you've got one quarterback. Brockway has been like one of those mules that carry people in and out of the Grand Canyon. We're working him to death. I'm sure he's tired, but it's been a great spring for him. He's learned a lot and he's really improved. Right now, I think we could win with Kevin Brockway.
My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then.
If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.
One of the things that most people aren't aware of when they think of the Civil War is the number of people and associated animals. (Armies) weren't mechanized. They had to rely on horses and mules.
All the mules have trotted down the mountains with their heavy loads. We're sending out helicopters to pick them up. We'll have a lot of material coming in today.
GEOLOGY, n. The science of the earth's crust --to which, doubtless, will be added that of its interior whenever a man shall come up garrulous out of a well. The geological formations of the globe already noted are catalogued thus The Primary, or lower one, consists of rocks, bones or mired mules, gas-pipes, miners' tools, antique statues minus the nose, Spanish doubloons and ancestors. The Secondary is largely made up of red worms and moles. The Tertiary comprises railway tracks, patent pavements, grass, snakes, mouldy boots, beer bottles, tomato cans, intoxicated citizens, garbage, anarchists, snap-dogs and fools.