A Break in the Sweltery Weather
sweltery adjectiveA Variant forms swoltry, swultry.1837 McLean Diary 51 Vary warm and Swoltry. 1983 Broaddus Estill Co KY Word List…
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Decoration Day on Father’s Day
Today’s guest post was written by Kathy Patterson. Decoration Day at Shady Grove Baptist Church Father’s Day here at our…
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From the Archives: Swarped
My Father’s Day post about Pap swarping the car over into the briars brought more than a few comments and…
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Blooms and Dictionaries
Mountain Laurel The laurel and ivy blooms haven’t been as spectacular as usual this year. I can’t think of a…
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Galluses or Suspenders?
A little while back I received a nice email from a follower. Here’s a portion of it: “Got a question…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 158
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Spring Has Got Gone!
Here in southern Appalachia spring has got gone fast. Seems like I was just looking at the first emerging daffodil…
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Word Survey – Push, Pull, or Shut
My curiosity about words and phrases is constantly being piqued by folks who comment on something I write or on…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 157
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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It’s Green Up Time
Photo by Don Casada: taken from Shuckstack fire tower looking NW towards Gregory Bald. The drainage coming down from the middle…
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Drinking Adam’s Ale
Adam’s ale noun Water (as a drink).1939 Farr TN Mt Regions 89 = water: “I don’t drink nothin’ but Adam’s…
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Have You Ever Turned a Somerset?
somerset noun A somersault. Also called tumbleset. 1849 Lanman Alleghany Mts 50-51 Vandever had obtained a fair hold of the…
