February in Pigeon Roost
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
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Non Chocolate Fudgy Cream Cheese Frosting
Among the many things I’m not supposed to eat after my illness last summer is chocolate. I’ve always had a…
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Working on a Building – Take 4
The same day my we filmed “Where the Soul of Man Never Dies” at my nephew’s house we filmed “Working…
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Being Sick Can Make You See Things
I’ve probably written about sickness and accidents this week because the flu and other maladies are still making their way…
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Remedies from Blind Pig and The Acorn Readers
Dolores: I always wondered about the old ways of curing things. My dad used a combination of soft brown soap and…
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Talking Fire Out
Have you ever heard about people who could talk the fire out of a burn? I’ve heard about the phenomenon…
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Epizootic and Palpeetus of the Punk
Have you ever heard folks use nonsense words to describe their sickness? I’ve heard folks in my area of Appalachia…
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Jerk Coffee
“One old man, now he was so stingy-this ain’t no joke; it’s a fact-he took coffee beans, and he dried…
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If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
Paul and Chitter have been learning the old song “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again”. They finally decided…
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Overheard
“There was this woman there that was drunker than Cooter Brown.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia Subscribe…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 109
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases. To…
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The Old Chestnut Snag
I heard Pap talk about the old chestnut snag high on the ridge my whole life. In more recent years…
