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Childhood Days on the Farm in Summer
August 11, 2018September 13, 2019 Appalachia, children
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Childhood Days on the Farm in Summer – written by Glenda Beall Growing up on a farm was fun for…
How Do You Know Who’s It?
August 10, 2018August 22, 2018 Appalachia, children, Games
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Did you ever use the counting potatoes method for picking who was ‘it’ in a game? As kids we used…
Best Place to Hide
August 9, 2018September 16, 2019 Appalachia, children, Games
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Today’s guest post was written by Ron Stephens. I remember playing hide-and-go-seek under Grandma’s yard light. The pole was ‘base’…
Hide n Seek
August 7, 2018September 16, 2019 Appalachia, children, Games
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Hide n seek was a game I greatly enjoyed as a child. I never heard the game called anything other…
Gonna Lay Down My Ole Guitar
August 5, 2018April 12, 2019 Appalachia, Music
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Paul and Pap – Picking under the Dogwood tree back in the day As I was pondering on what I…
What Did You Do When You Were A Kid?
August 4, 2018August 20, 2018 Appalachia, Folklore, Games
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Chatter and Chitter Summertime always makes me think back to being a kid. I remember summer vacation from school seemed…
Pruning Okra
August 3, 2018August 2, 2018 Appalachia, Gardening
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Our Sow True Seed Jing Orange Okra has been producing nonstop for the last few weeks. I’ve pretty much needed…
Foundered Rooster
August 2, 2018January 27, 2019 Appalachia, Appalachian Dialect, Profiles of Mountain People
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My Dad got in deep trouble one time when picking ‘baccer worms off the tobacco. He said they were walking…
5 Things
August 1, 2018January 26, 2019 5 Things, Appalachia
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1.The other day Granny called and said there was the prettiest terrapin she ever saw in her yard and that…
Charles Fletcher 1922 – 2018
July 31, 2018July 30, 2018 Appalachia, Appalachian Writers
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Charles Fletcher – Friend of the Blind Pig and The Acorn Long time Blind Pig and The Acorn reader and…
The Gospel According to John
July 29, 2018April 14, 2019 Appalachia, Music
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Today’s post was written by Paul. “The Gospel According to John” is a song we learned from our friends, the…
Long Memory
July 28, 2018August 15, 2019 Appalachia
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Rainbow Bread. Logo embedded in our screen door in Roanoke Virginia; some kind of felt looking material, in color, as…