Pine Rosin
Chatter, Tipper, and Chitter Over the years I’ve learned to be wary when one of the girls run up to…
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Common World Sayings in Appalachia
Back in the day when The Deer Hunter and I were courting, he teased me for saying the phrase every day of…
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Appalachian Sayings – It’ll Put Hair On Your Chest
Hiking up and down steep mountains will put hair on your chest. It’ll also make you take naps in…
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Halloween Rhyme from Appalachia
HALLOWEEN RHYME written by Mike Norris Billy stuffed the witch’s mailbox with hay, And threw rocks at her cat….
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 93
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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The All-Overs
all-overs A noun (usu the all-overs) Nervousness, shivers, uneasy excitement. 1917 Kephart Word-list 407 Every time I got to studyin’…
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Brasstown – A Wide Place in the Road
If you’ve never been to Brasstown you might miss it as you drive through if you’re not paying close attention….
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Let me Introduce You to Mommy Goose
A few months ago I stumbled upon an article about the book Mommy Goose Rhymes from the Mountains written by…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 92
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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Dinner on the Grounds
dinner on the ground(s) noun phrase An outdoor meal in connection with a church meeting or revival. In the 1930s…
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Put = Lots of Things in Appalachia
In Appalachia we use the word put in the following ways: as a verb meaning to propose or to start:…
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Code Switching = Changing the Way you Talk
On yesterday’s post about being stove up, Ron Stephens left the following comment: “Been there, done that as we say…
