Last week when I shared the post about ginseng, J. Wayne Fears sent me an email. Here’s a portion of it: “Tipper, I really enjoyed your interview with your brother since I grew up digging sang also. My dad was a trapper and sang digger so I came by it naturally. There was only one incidence of drama in all my years of sang digging and I wrote the attached little story about it.” Once J. Wayne shared the story…
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Today’s guest post was written by J. Wayne Fears. We had received our orders, we were required to read a…
Veler Marcus: Daddy would make us rope swings. Tie a rope in a loop on a limb in the yard…
“My granny dipped snuff. She washed out a snuff tin and cut me a toothbrush. She mixed cocoa powder and…
Someone left a comment the other day about their grandmother dipping snuff. Both my grandmothers dipped snuff at one time…
♪ ♫ Tater Pie! Tater Pie! Choked to death on a cold tater pie. Yes I thought to the Lord…
Folklore that foretold who you would marry or how many children you’d have was very popular with girls when I…
She called out to them, “Fee, fum, foe, fie. All’s not ready holler I.” “Not I! Not I!” they screamed…
Blind Pig reader Hazel Carr, sent me the following question after reading the childhood game posts I’ve been sharing. “Do…
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Jim Casada Copyright 2016 THE MAGIC OF MARBLES During the halcyon days…