I always heard he would run from the fields at the smallest amount of rain while everyone else worked on through. Thus Dry Wood.

I go with the lazy story! Rings more truthful.

boy yall take the pie aint yall got goot cents to knoe you caint talk about the collard like that call a old man like that lasy call me a drunck dum and stuped sound like to me a few of yall need a good heel stompin watch you moufs hell yall aint even from heer po ol collord man talk like that dam you teebooger

This is what Wikipedia tells.
Funny it takes a German site to tell the story.

Wilfred