Fly Over Daisies and Settle on a Cow Pile

In Appalachia, if you ignore better choices before choosing a lesser one, such as a mate, you might be said to fly all over a daisy field and settle on a cow pile or flit like a butterfly from flower to flower and land on a cow crap. This is part of a complete episode.
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I was flipping through the dictionary of Smoky Mountain English the other day, and I came across an interesting expression. It means to ignore better choices, especially of a mate, before picking a poor one. And it goes, fly all over a daisy field and settle on a cow pile.

So this is when you pass by the good suitors and settle for the lazy bones?

Yeah, you go for the bad boy or something.

Or you can flint like a butterfly from flower to flower and land on a cow crap.

There are lots of different versions.

Oh, goodness.

I’m saying the nice ones.

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