“Along with milk and eggs, vegetables were an integral part of our diet in the mountains. The vegetables most commonly…
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Appalachian Dialect
corduroy road noun 1995 Weber Rugged Hills 83 When the ground was flat, it was hard for the team to…
At the end of last week dogwood winter came to my area of Appalachia. We had frost and temps as…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
Over the last two weeks we’ve had several days of snow, but none of them have been more than a…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
Here’s the most recent sayings my friend Suzann and her mother sent me: plagued or plauging = worrying. “Something’s been…
A few weeks ago I received the follow question on the Blind Pig and The Acorn’s Facebook page. “Hi! My…
The Free Dictionary has this entry for mullygrubs: Rur. to feel depressed. She had the mullygrubs because her husband was out…
“According to the Dictionary of American English, “sugar” is widespread in the South. They define it as “affection demonstrated through…