Appalachian Vocabulary Test 180
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Coldest January in Years
Weather folks are saying this is the coldest January the US has seen in years. The temperatures have me wanting…
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Hotter than Garbrol??
My Father’s people were from Eastern Kentucky. My Grandfather used the expression “It’s hotter than Garbrol.” I have no idea…
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Feeling Puny
I’ve had a bout of the creeping crud. I’m feeling much better, but The Deer Hunter has it now. I’m…
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Our First Snow, Only A Skiff
Yesterday morning we awoke to our first snow of the year. Only a skiff, but it was still pretty. We…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 179
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Pitch Over in the Lake
In one of my recent videos Granny said her mother would send her along with her grandpa when he went…
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From the Archives: Way Up In The Middle Of The Night
October 5, 2017 The other morning Granny asked The Deer Hunter if he heard someone shooting way up in the…
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A Working
working, working bee noun A gathering of neighbors to help a family with such activities as house raising or corn…
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I Call Shotgun
“I call shotgun” is a phrase I grew up saying and I still hear folks say it today. The girls…
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Having Good Wind
In my last reading of The Thread That Runs So True I was reminded of the way we use the…
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Power Outages & Cutting the Light Out
My heart has been heavy for all of the folks who lost their electricity during the storm. Many of whom…
