so my grampaw , he got to figgerin ' , and when a really cold day like this come along he 'd take my grarnmaw , and the kids , my uncle and my aunt and my daddy-he was the youngest-and the serving girl and the hired man , and he 'd go down with them to the creek , give 'em a little drink of rum and herbs , it was a recipe he 'd got from the old country , then he 'd pour creek water over them .