cross questions and crooked answers noun phrase A guessing game played in some Smokies homes in the 1930s and observed by Joseph Hall. The participants, often a dozen or more divided into two groups standing in rows opposite each other. The leader of the game gave those on one side questions and those on the other side answers, which were usu humorous and not at all appropriate to the questions. As each question was asked, the player opposite to him…
A few weeks ago I received the follow question on the Blind Pig and The Acorn’s Facebook page. “Hi! My…
The acreage above our house is full of old homeplaces. There were a few that were still inhabited when Pap…
After my post about The Deer Hunter making biscuits on the wood stove I received several questions about our biscuit…
The Free Dictionary has this entry for mullygrubs: Rur. to feel depressed. She had the mullygrubs because her husband was out…
“When me and Harold would get in from school, we couldn’t wait to get our school clothes changed and head…
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Curtis and Bonnie Mease – Miss Cindy’s parents charivari noun [pronounced shivaree, with stress on both first and third syllables;…
Cole-Tate House courtesy of the Laurel Magazine Cashiers Valley Kidder Cole was the belle of the mountains. A boy in…