Volunteers Gone Wild
volunteerA nounOften used attributively: an unsown plant or crop of vegetables or grain that comes up from old seeds either late…
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Feeling Better – Hopefully Won’t Take A Backset
backset noun A relapse during convalescence (especially in phrase take a backset).1863 Warrick CW Letters (May 26) I will be…
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Old Place Names
Yesterday’s post had Tricia wondering if the Potter swimming hole might have been named after the family surname of Potter….
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Come In From Work
Pap’s Big Garden 2013 When I was growing up Pap worked in the garden when he come in from work….
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 185
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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Funny Sayings
I love the rich colorful language of Appalachia. I love the mispronunciations, the unusual words and phrases, and the sayings—both…
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Do You Grow Beans In Your Corn?
Pap’s growing bean patch Cornfield bean noun A running green bean planted next to a corn plant so that it will climb…
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Old Decoration Day Photos
Decoration Day at Bryan’s Graveyard Decoration Day at Bryan’s Graveyard. Cate’s Crossroads, Kodak, Tennessee. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 184
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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Plumb Wore Out
Recently we worked all day in the big garden. There was much to do. We hoed the corn and fertilized…
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Sweet Bubby Bush
Almost two years ago we had the bank above the big garden cut back. The trees had started shading the…
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I Heared Tell
My brother Steve (in red hat) with some of his coon hunting buddies 1980 A recent email correspondence with Blind…