Jenny Jones From Madison County
As we began our journey of games, I mentioned Play Party Games were very popular in the mountains of Appalachia….
-
-
Bryson City, NC April 18, 1889
Travel in Western North Carolina: Following Wagon Trains – 1890s Almond: Fine spring rains. – Peaches plenty.—Garden vegetables look well.—General…
-
Appalachian Vocabulary Test 53
It’s time for this month’s vocabulary test-take it and see how you do. Dwindle down Draw fire Daub Dadjimit Dodge…
-
Anty Over
The Frank C. Brown Collection Of North Carolina Folklore describes the game of Anty Over like this: A group of…
-
Please And Displease
The Foxfire 6 book is chock full of games from Appalachia along with lots of other interesting things. I found the…
-
Tap Back – Tap Hand
Tap back or tap hand is a game which is described in both the Foxfire 6 book as well as…
-
Blind Man’s Bluff
According to the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, the game Blind Man’s Bluff is as old as…
-
There Is A Time
There is a time for love and laughter The days will pass like summer storms The winter wind will follow…
-
Counting Taters
This post was originally published here on the Blind Pig in May of 2010. Since we’re about to start talking…
-
My Life In Appalachia – Mountain Hoosiers
I was consulting my Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English for something when my eye fell upon the entry mountain hoosier-a…
