Appalachia Through My Eyes – I Say Daffodil Do You Say Jonquil?
I say Daffodil. Granny says Jonquil. An older lady I know says Easter flower. And my Dictionary of Smoky Mountain…
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Making A Mess
On the recent vocabulary test, someone mentioned the word gom. I knew I had written about it before, but once…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 29
Time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. Never mind Nice Turned Nary Nature Nubin…
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If You Play In The Fire…
All the great comments about burning the garden made me think of a few old sayings about fire things like:…
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Appalachian Grammar Lesson 4
Remember back in elementary school when you learned the present-past-past participle of words? I don’t remember what grade it was in-but…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 28
Time for another Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. I’m especially interested to see how you do on…
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If It’d Been A Snake It Would Have Bit Me
Do you ever loose something-only to find it in easy view? Or have you ever studied around a problem-looking at…
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Habitual Words
Have you ever been around someone who used the same word or words in every sentence? Years ago, I was…
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Appalachian Grammar Lesson 3
Years ago, my Appalachian Studies Professor told my class: “We Appalachians are a funny bunch. Sometimes we save time by…
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How Cold Is It At Your House?
Two years ago on January 14th-I was complaining about the 16 degree temps. This morning when I woke up it was 5…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 27
Granny Gazzie holding Tina and Tipper (cousins-we were born around the same time) Time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-it’s…
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Every Day Of The World
When I sit down to write yesterday’s post I was thinking about old sayings that have the word world in…
