Long Underwear
There’s a verse in an old song:“I bought me a set of union underwear,To keep me from the cold and…
There’s a verse in an old song:“I bought me a set of union underwear,To keep me from the cold and…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
Transcript from Appalachian English website. [W = Mary Wiggins; FW = Fate Wiggins; i = Interviewer Joseph Hall] [The other…
All I know is that sometimes a good ole fashioned sneeze seems to help re-align the planets. —Ken Roper I’m…
fall rose noun A zinnia.1925 Furman Glass Window 237 She carried in her hand a large bunch of zinnias. “Miss…
2019 Doonhammer “Het up” Being told not to get het up. Meaning “Don’t lose your temper.” South West Scotland expression….
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
some of these days (also some of these times) adverb phrase Someday, sometime, one day coming.1863 Tesch CW Letters (Dec…
Wasper Like most mountain boys I got eat up with waspers, gaugeing their nests off old barns and houses lookin’…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
Yesterday Andy Davis left the following comment on an old post. A dear friend just passed away in NC. On…
butter bean noun A small lima bean.1949 Kurath Word Geog East US 73 Butter beans is a common expression for…