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…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 178
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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Dinner & Supper
Summer supper: corn, fried squash, carrot salad, cucumbers, tomato, and cornbread. Dinner—The meal eaten at mid-day. Supper—The evening meal. —Celebrating…
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Stout
stoutA adjective1 vigorous, robust, full of energy; in good health (especially after recovering from an illness.)1834 Seal Letter My wife…
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Did You Ever Sit On Your Fist?
“As kids, if we told our mother we were tired or wanted a chair. She would say “sit down on…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 177
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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Of A..
Pap and Granny sitting in their shady backyard of an evening In Appalachia you’ll sometimes hear folks say “of a”…
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Diddle
Never heard of (or not to recall if so) “minsey”. Have heard “awful particlar”. We didn’t have the resources to…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 176
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
