The Mountain Ivy is Blooming
Over the past week, the Ivy around my house has started to bloom. If Ivy makes you think of the green vine…
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Jacob’s Onions
Jacob’s onion noun A green onion. 1975 Purkey Madison Co 53-54 A variety of vegetables grew in long neat rows;…
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Blackberry Winter
1962 Dykeman Tall Woman 14 And after the cold spell, when dogwoods bloomed, there would be whippoorwill winter and…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 99
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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You’ll Catch Cold or You’ll Take the Weed?
A few weeks ago I received the following comment: Hello, I came across your blog while trying to find…
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Two Jaybirds
Jaybird noun A blue jay, used in various similes. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 107 He’s as antic as a jay bird when he takes…
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Ruminations on Ramps
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Ruminations on Ramps by Jim Casada – Copyright 2016 The humble…
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Bloodroot Information from the Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English
bloodroot noun A perennial wild plant (Sanguinaria canadensis); the red juice from its root is used to make a medicinal…
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Spring is Chancy
“Spring was chancy, but she liked it best of all the seasons. One day would be still and soft…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 98
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear some of the words. To…
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Was
was verb past tense of be, used with both plural nouns and plural pronouns as its subject. [OED dates this…
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Spring of the Year
The poem above is from Mommy Goose Rhymes from the Mountains written by Mike Norris. I think Mike captured spring in…
