What the father had been, the son became, as the generation squared itself, and the slates for the children to do their copies were the tombstones of their granddads.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore
He told me a whole mess about old man Thayer and old man Richards and their granddads and grandmarms, and what houses they lived in, and how many hens they kept, and what their dog's name was, and how they come to name him that, and enough more to fill a hogshead.
"Cy Whittaker's Place"
Joseph C. Lincoln