“Reckon it’ll be bad? Well we have to take what comes don’t we.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia Subscribe for FREE and get a daily dose of Appalachia in your inbox…
When it comes to using a whetrock I don’t have a clue. Fortunately, I’ve never needed to know how to…
scat, scat cat interjection Bless you! (a response to another person’s sneeze). 1983 Broaddus Kentucky Word List 54 = said…
In Appalachia you’ll often hear folks adding unusual suffixes to their words. Here’s a few examples. -ified fightified girlified prettified…
A swag above the house a ways A few weeks back Ron Stephens left the following comment: “I wondered the…
“My friend Elliott Miller was hospitalized. During his recovery, one of the first meals he ordered from the hospital menu…
JCCFS Fall Festival 2018 If you’ve been to a Pressley Girls’ performance you’ve more than likely heard the story about…
I’m sharing another riddle by way of Sidney Saylor Farr’s book My “Appalachia – A Memoir” with you today. In…
“I come from a line of remembering people. In generations past we built churches and ballads and a way of…
After Christmas I start thinking about gardening. I was hoping to get The Deer Hunter to turn our garden at…