♪ ♫ Tater Pie! Tater Pie! Choked to death on a cold tater pie. Yes I thought to the Lord I would die! Choked to death on a cold tater pie! ♫♫♪ My mother sang that old song to me as a child. She is the same mother who held me to her breast and sang me to sleep with “Knoxville Girl.” ~Ed Ammons — Tipper Subscribe for FREE and get a daily dose of Appalachia in your inbox…
Folklore that foretold who you would marry or how many children you’d have was very popular with girls when I…
She called out to them, “Fee, fum, foe, fie. All’s not ready holler I.” “Not I! Not I!” they screamed…
Tipper When I was a little girl hiding behind Pap’s britchey legs or Granny’s dress tail someone would say…
Blind Pig reader Hazel Carr, sent me the following question after reading the childhood game posts I’ve been sharing. “Do…
My cornbread and milk photo was recently featured on the “It’s a Southern Thing” website. You can jump over and…
Photo by Ron Priest We had a great time playing at the Historic Union County Courthouse in Blairsville GA last…
Back in the spring we had record breaking rain for the month of May. The rainy trend has continued, and…
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Jim Casada Copyright 2016 THE MAGIC OF MARBLES During the halcyon days…
Jing Orange Okra This year Sow True Seed graciously donated extra okra seed so that I could deputize @ Large Okra Reporters.…