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…
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Appalachian Grammar Lesson 26
In Appalachia the word them is often used where the word those should be used. those can be used as…
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Bigwig
Have you ever run into any bigwigs? Bigwigs are people who are in a position of influence…or at least they…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – I Come In A One
The whole Blind Pig Gang gets together almost every Sunday afternoon to do a little pickin’ and grinnin’. Along with…
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Frog Strangler – Gully Washer – Frog Drowner
Brasstown has been having one frog strangler after another for the last week. If you didn’t know-that means Brasstown has…
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Have You Ever Heard Bait Used To Describe Food?
A few weeks ago Blind Pig Reader, Mel Hawkins sent me the email below: Tipper: I grew up hearing (&…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 66
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. Keen Kernel Kerslunge Knee-deep ——— Keen:…
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Appalachian Grammar Lesson 25
The word done is the past participle of the word do (do did done). In Appalachia we often use the word…
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Waspers Are Out…Or Were Out
Waspers are out and about…at least they were before Dogwood winter arrived. We have an unusually large mailbox. Granny bought…
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Have You Ever Been Frustrated, Flustered, OR How About Flusterated?
A few weeks ago Don Casada sent me the email below: “I was reading through Volume XV of North…
