Joseph S. Hall and Swain County
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Photo from the Dot Weeks collection (Joseph Hall on far left) JOSEPH…
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Favorite Appalachian Sayings
Granny I’m sharing some of my favorite old sayings with you today. I hope you’ll leave a comment and add…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 121
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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Round Robin
round robin noun 1995 Adams Come Go Home 81 [Granny] would call up and order me to her house to…
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Slipping Off
Long time Blind Pig reader and family friend Lonnie Dockery – Swain County NC Granny used to accuse Pap of…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 120
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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A Skiff of Snow
skiff noun A thin layer, small amount (esp in phr skiff/skift of snow = a light fall of snow). 1834…
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Scat Scat Cat
scat, scat cat interjection Bless you! (a response to another person’s sneeze). 1983 Broaddus Kentucky Word List 54 = said…
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Adding Suffixes in Appalachia
In Appalachia you’ll often hear folks adding unusual suffixes to their words. Here’s a few examples. -ified fightified girlified prettified…
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Swag
A swag above the house a ways A few weeks back Ron Stephens left the following comment: “I wondered the…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 119
Granny and Chatter It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the…
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Pieded – Piedy – Pietist
I started writing this post way back in 2015 when Ed and Dan sent me the following questions: Question one…
