Tipper at one of Pap’s old homeplaces shackledy, shackley, shackling, shackly adjective Unsteady, shaky, in poor condition, uncertain, of little account; hence noun = an object or situation in such a condition. 1863 (in 1938 Taliaferro Carolina Humor 74) I tried keepin’ Bible laws a spell while I was in Passen Beller’s church, and made a ding shacklin out of it, certin. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 29 Here is a land of lumber wagons, and saddle-bags, and shackly little…
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Appalachian Dialect
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Photo from the Dot Weeks collection (Joseph Hall on far left) JOSEPH…
Granny I’m sharing some of my favorite old sayings with you today. I hope you’ll leave a comment and add…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
round robin noun 1995 Adams Come Go Home 81 [Granny] would call up and order me to her house to…
Long time Blind Pig reader and family friend Lonnie Dockery – Swain County NC Granny used to accuse Pap of…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
skiff noun A thin layer, small amount (esp in phr skiff/skift of snow = a light fall of snow). 1834…
scat, scat cat interjection Bless you! (a response to another person’s sneeze). 1983 Broaddus Kentucky Word List 54 = said…
In Appalachia you’ll often hear folks adding unusual suffixes to their words. Here’s a few examples. -ified fightified girlified prettified…