Talking Southern  --  Raising Cain

Talking Southern  --  Raising Cain

One used to hear this phrase – “raising Cain” – a lot in the church-going South, such as in the following examples:   “My mother-in-law was raising Cain with us about not getting up to see her often enough.”     “Tommy Ed was always sober as a church warden all week, but every Saturday night would go out drinking, partying, and raising Cain.” I swannee, what it’d take to embarrass that forever-complaining woman would scald a wash pot!  She’s …