A Blind Pig Reader Has A Question
A few months ago I received the following question from Blind Pig reader Eldonna Ashley. See if you can help her…
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My People
My people My people is a phrase I don’t hear as often as I used too. Granny says it-so does…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 69
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. Take it and see how you do! Main Mare’s tail Mend Miller…
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Blind Pig & The Acorn – Appalachian Dialect
I started the Blind Pig & the Acorn in March of 2008. It only took a few weeks for me…
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How Big Is A Mess?
In the last week, a few Blind Pig readers have been wondering exactly how big a mess of something is?…
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Grabbling New Taters
grab, grabble, gravel verb To dig up with the hands, esp a potato early in the season, and smooth back…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 68
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do! Lope Leastways Lastingest Love bump Lopper-jawed…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Of An Evening
evening: [n. afternoon] Evening, in the mountains, begins at noon instead of at sunset (B370). ~Smoky Mountain Voices —————— Of…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Crawdad
See the critter in the photo-I call it a crawdad. I assumed everyone else did too until I read a…
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Appalachia Vocabulary Test 67
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. Take it and see how you do! Lap Leader Lessen Lipping full…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Homecoming
Homecoming noun An annual event when former members of a church gather for a reunion, including special worship services, and…
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Grandfather – Papaw – Pap – Grandpa
Pap and Ben-the first grandchild Growing up we called Pap’s father, Wade, Papaw. Granny’s father, Charles, died when she was…
