The Appalachian Language = Music To My Ears
Anyone who reads the Blind Pig and The Acorn will quickly figure out I’m crazy in love with the unique…
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Fail Not
“When I was helping clean out my great-aunt’s house after she died, we found an envelope with a lock of…
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Finding A Place To Quit In Junaluska – Cherokee County NC
Alvin and Tipper – September 2017 A few days back I had the great good fortune to spend a…
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Harricun
hurricane nounA variant forms harricane, harricun, herrycane.1942 Hall Phonetics 42 [harik’n].B1 A severe windstorm.1834 Crockett Narrative 150 In the morning…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 103
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear some of the words and…
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The Kudzu Man
The Kudzu Man The Kudzu Man is dead asleep, But soon he’ll stir, and move his feet. His skin will…
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Look the Beans
Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English Look transitive verb To examine (food), inspect for dirt or foreign objects. 1982 Slone How…
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Terrapins in Appalachia
Every time it rains Granny’s phone gets filled with static. It’s been doing that for years. Pap called and complained…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 102
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear some of the words….
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How Bad a Liar is He?
“I’m telling you he’s such a liar he’s got to get somebody else to call his hogs!” Other noteworthy liar…
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Dinner Time in Appalachia
“Yep, dinner at noon and supper late in the day. My Grandma W. Cooked dinner everyday on the wood-burning cook…
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It’s Lay By Time
Lay by verb phrase To leave a crop to mature after hoeing it for a final time late in the…
