Appalachia Through My Eyes – Snake Spit
When I was a girl the kids in the holler often played outside together in a gang that ranged from…
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Wearing White Flowers for Mother’s Day
This will be my first Mother’s Day without Granny. Time goes by so swiftly it seems like only yesterday she…
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More Sayings From Grandmother
Gazzie Truett Jenkins my grandmother (wearing a dress Granny made her) In yesterday’s post I shared some Grannyisms I documented…
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New Year Remembrances
Sometimes young men would get together to welcome the new year by shooting guns at midnight or discharging blasts of…
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Heavy Mast in Wilson Holler
mast noun A season’s accumulation of fruit of the forest forming the natural diet of bears, wild hogs, and other…
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Redbirds
Yesterday Ron Stephens mentioned redbirds in his comment. He said “I searched BP&A for the word “redbird” because something made…
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Katydids About Give Out
A katydid got in the kitchen yesterday. I noticed it when I was going out the door. Many of our…
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Garden Hoes
Last year Matt complained about one of our hoes not holding up to our gardening demands in a video. Several…
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We Only Heard One Whippoorwill This Year
Only one whippoorwill has been heard around our house this year, and I didn’t even get to hear it. The…
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Shadow Folklore
Folklore and sayings about shadows from the Frank C. Brown Collection of N.C. Folklore. I love the sayings about people…
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Snow On the Ground Still
Even though our recent snow wasn’t a big one it is still hanging around. The snow has melted around the…
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Ruling Days in Appalachia
“The twelve days beginning on Christmas day, each one of which is said to govern the weather for one month…
