Christmas Memories – 1900 Shooting Creek North Carolaina
The winter of 1900 had been an unusually bad one. A true story book picture of what a Christmas scene…
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Running Cedar
A few weeks ago Blind Pig reader Carol Stuart mentioned using running cedar as Christmas greenery when she lived in…
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The Magic Of Moss
We never knew about Gallackin but we did gather moss and boxwood cuttings to sell to florists. Way back in…
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Christmas Memories – 1950s Morganton North Carolina
When our family moved to town, to Morganton, in the early 1950s, money was scare: rent for the first time,…
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Christmas – Hard Rock Candy
A while back, B. Ruth left a comment on the Grannyism page asking if Granny ever made Hard Rock Candy….
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The Silent Stars Go By
Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem was written by Phillips Brooks, the pastor who spoke at Abraham Lincoln’s funeral service. Before…
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Christmas Cards
Almost every year the girls and I make Christmas Cards. For some reason we never got around to our annual…
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Christmas Memories – 1941 Peachtree North Carolina
Christmas, 1941, I was four. We hung up our stocking, usually the biggest one we could find, and, we usually…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 61
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. Hand Hard feeling Heavy Hem up…
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Pap Visits The Dockerys
Benjamin Wilson and John Mule The other day Pap and I made a trip over to Blairsville GA. On the…
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Galax For Christmas
If you’ve walked through the woods in the mountains of NC then you’ve most likely seen the Galax plant. It’s…
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Appalachian Writers – Susie Swanson
The top benefit of writing the Blind Pig & the Acorn blog are the amazing people I’ve met. I’ve connected…
