Old saying

[74w300uteline]

grandpa

used to tell us kids to pick up our feet when we went over RR crossings, and make the sign of the cross when we passed graveyards.

[Warren Watt]

It is actually a line from a song I heard a long time ago

It stuck with me for some reason.

[712edf]

Never heard it! Here's my pure SPECULATION--Moonshiners used to have trip wires at ground level surrounding their steels that would act as an alarm when intruders (feds) tried to sneak up..Feds had to high step to not hit the trip wires...so maybe one should mind their manners (tongue) when outta state so as to not set off the locals....Like I said, pure speculation.

[Warren Watt]

Does anyone know where the saying "raise your feet as you cross the state line" comes from?