Over the weekend I was going through some old blog papers and found something I had forgotten. I’m constantly jotting down things here and there that I hear and think I’ll write about. Often I do exactly that: write about whatever idea I’ve taken down. Other times I never get around to writing about the subject and forget I’ve even written it down at all. Then there are the times that I don’t write down enough context and don’t have…
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Appalachian Dialect
Foundered is a word I’ve heard my whole life. I’ve heard it most often used in a humorous or teasing…
shank of the afternoon, shank of the day, shank of the evening noun phrase late in the day.1940 Haun Hawks’…
We’ve been trying to get out and about in the woods in between work, gardening, and singing. On one of…
Earlier this year I convinced The Deer Hunter to build a garden bed behind the greenhouse, but so far all…
Is there anything better than a green onion straight out of the garden? This time of the year green onions…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
In my latest video I’m talking about Appalachian words and phrases that start with the letter D. Out of the…
If you’ve been reading Blind Pig and The Acorn any length of time you’ve already figured out I’m plumb foolish…
cucumber noun variant form cowcumber.1928 (in 1952 Mathes Tall Tales 72) Bet ol’ Nelse is settin’ on a rock waiting’…