Shank’s Mare
Over the weekend I was flipping through my Cades Cove Cookbooks and it got me to thinking about Mildred Cable….
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 107
This month about got away from before I remembered to post the Appalachian Vocabulary Test so I don’t have…
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In Appalachia We Like to Add ed to Words
Sometimes we shorten words in Appalachia and sometimes we lengthen them. One way we make words longer is to add…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 106
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases. To…
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Hog Killin Weather
One of my favorite cold sayings is cold enough to kill hogs or the variation cold enough to hang meat….
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Turkey Bean
Photo courtesy of Sow True Seed turkey bean noun 1980 Smokies Heritage 297 Settlers hearabouts tell a tale of how the…
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Big Cats, Bears, and Coyotes
One of my favorite books about living in Appalachia back in the day is Dorie Woman of the Mountains written by Florence…
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He Didn’t Say Pea Turkey – He Just Left!
pea turkey noun A call for turkeys to eat; also in fig phr not say pea turkey = not say…
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To Cross A Letter
cross a letter – to write over and at right angles (136) I notice you have acquired the very…
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Don’t be so ill!
“You’d be ill too if you carried all your stuff down the mountain in the cold and then your ride…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 105
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear some of the…
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Do You Need The Word Either?
Way back when I was in college taking an Appalachian Studies class I was amazed when the teacher discussed the…
