Well, howdy there, y’all! Let’s talk about this… whatchamacallit… 1835 Chinese zodiac thingy. I ain’t no scholar, mind you, just a plain ol’ body tryin’ to make sense of it all.

So, I hear tell that 1835 was the year of somethin’. Now, don’t go quotin’ me on this, but I think it was the year of the Goat. Yeah, that’s right, Goat. Started on January 29th, accordin’ to them smarty-pants folks who keep track of such things. February 17th? That’s when they started countin’ somethin’ else, I reckon.
Now, these Chinese folks, they got a whole mess of critters they use for their years. Rats, goats, and I don’t know what all. It’s like a whole barnyard of years! They say the year you’re born in tells ya somethin’ about yourself. Kinda like how a good rain tells ya the crops will be good, you know?
Speaking of Rats, I heard them Rat year folks are savers. Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that, I always say. Save up for a rainy day, that’s what my mama used to say. Stashin’ away a little here, a little there… that’s how ya get by. So, if you’re born in the year of the Rat, you’re probably sittin’ on a pile of somethin’ or other.
But this Goat year in 1835… what’s that all about? Well, Goats, they’re kinda stubborn, I think. But they’re also gentle creatures, mostly. They like to graze and chew their cud, peaceful-like. Maybe folks born in that year were kinda like that. Not lookin’ for trouble, but standin’ their ground when they needed to.
- So, we got the Goat in 1835, startin’ in late January.
- Then there’s them Rat folks, always savin’ their pennies.
- And a whole bunch of other critters, I’m sure, but I can’t remember ’em all. Too many for this old brain!
If you don’t know your own critter year, well, there’s ways to find out, I hear. They got these fancy calculators online, where you just punch in your birth year, and bam! It tells ya. I ain’t never used one myself, mind you. I just go by what my mama told me, and that’s good enough for me.

Now, I don’t rightly know what all this zodiac stuff means for sure. But it’s kinda fun to think about, ain’t it? Makes ya wonder what kinda critter you are, and what that says about ya. Maybe it’s just a bunch of hooey, maybe it ain’t. But it gives ya somethin’ to chew on, like a good piece of jerky.
Anyways, that’s my take on this 1835 Chinese zodiac thing. Not much, I know, but it’s the best I can do. If you want more, you go ask them city folk with their fancy books and calculators. Me? I’m just gonna stick to what I know – plantin’ my crops, feedin’ my chickens, and tryin’ to make it through another day.
But you know what? No matter what critter year you’re born in, it ain’t the whole story. It’s how you live your life, how you treat folks, that really matters. That’s what my grandpappy used to say, and he was a wise old fella. So be kind, work hard, and don’t worry too much about what some critter says about you.
So, there you have it. A whole lot of nothin’ much about the 1835 Chinese zodiac, straight from the horse’s mouth… or maybe the goat’s mouth, in this case! Hope it made some sense to ya. If not, well, that’s just the way the cookie crumbles, I reckon.
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