The Girl With The Chinquapin Eyes
Tipper 1973 Everyone who guessed yesterday’s what is it was a Chinquapin was right. When I was young, people always told…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – What Is It 4?
Can you guess what I’m holding in the photo? I’ll give you 2 clues-its unbelievably poky and it’s not a…
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Appalachian Grammar Lesson 11
Its time for this month’s Appalachian Grammar Lesson. Often I’ll think of word usage that is common here in Appalachia-and…
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And The Winners Are…
It’s time to announce the winners of the JCCFS Fall Festival Giveaway! I thank each of you who took the…
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Spoon Rings
Did you ever have a spoon ring? They were quite popular in the 1960-70s and recently they’ve made a come…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Thistles
Thistles are pretty, unless they stick you then not so much. In this book I learned thistles can be used to protect…
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Church Dialect In Appalachia
Today’s post is a special addition to my usual dialect posts-Appalachian Vocabulary Tests-and Appalachian Grammar Lessons. I’ve wanted to do…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Ankle Breaker
Chatter and Chitter have been clogging for over 5 years-that’s a lot of watching for me. I swear sometimes I…
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I’ve Got Tickets To The JCCFS Fall Festival – Want To Win Them?
Chatter and Chitter’s Clogging Team (the JCCFS Team) typically practice in the Open House in the summer months-and in the…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Snail Come Out Of Your Shell
One day last week I was canning tomatoes. Somehow a snail hitched a ride in my bucket while I was gathering them…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Elders Pass It On
Last night the Blind Pig Gang made music under towering Pine Trees for a local benefit. It was nice. There were other…
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Pawpaws
All of you who guessed it was a Pawpaw were right. A gentleman who lives in the western part of…
