Saucered And Blowed
Today’s guest post was written by Garland Davis. Saucered and Blowed written by Garland Davis I can remember my Granny…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 63
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do! High-headed High as Haul off Hang…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Quit Harping
The other day I was excited and words were just flying out of my mouth. I was in mid-stream of…
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Courting In Appalachia
In Appalachia… Courting = dating sparking = dating sweet on = means you like someone he-ing and she-ing = hugging…
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Ballads = Love Songs
One would be hard pressed to find any discussion of traditional Appalachian music that didn’t include the mournful ballads that…
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Appalachian Grammar Lesson 23
Sometimes in Appalachia we add the letter r to words or we replace the last letter with an r. One…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – A Poke = A Paper Bag
I’m sure all of you know what a poke is-it’s a paper bag. I still hear old timers use the…
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Have You Ever Had The Mollygrubs?
According to research people are more likely to experience bouts of depression during the winter months. I’ve written about having…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Chunk The Fire
During these cold winter days I’m glad I’ve got someone who likes to chunk up the fire. He likes to…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Homeland
Old homeplace in the Smoky Mountain National Park homeland noun The area where one grew up, one’s native territory. 1973…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 62
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do! Hunt up Hurrican Hub deep Hold…
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Cold As…
When your windows ice over like this-it tells you 2 things: It’s really cold outside…and you could use some new…
