Courts Like a Stick of Wood
She said her boyfriend courts like a stick of wood Courts like a stick of wood = a very boring…
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Dancing in the Hog Trough
dance in a hog trough verb phrase 1956 Hall Coll. Del Rio TN Fifty years ago if a younger sister…
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Cold in Appalachia
We’ve had some down right chilly temperatures this winter in Appalachia. I know many other parts of the country have…
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Chitter got up Backwards
The other day Chitter got up backwards. She woke up in a bad mood and then she had one of…
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He Didn’t Say Pea Turkey – He Just Left!
pea turkey noun A call for turkeys to eat; also in fig phr not say pea turkey = not say…
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Appalachian Sayings – All Vines And No Taters
all vines an’ no taters Used to describe something or someone very showy but of no substance. “He’ll never…
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Mean As A Striped Snake
The other day I ran into an old friend. After catching up with each other a bit he said “Well…
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Appalachian Sayings – Help My Time
Chitter, Morgan, and Chatter – 4th Grade Martins Creek Elementary help my time interjection A mild exclamation of surprise….
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Cute as a Speckled Pup
The old saying cute as a speckled pup is still alive and well in Appalachia – especially when a pretty…
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Fire Sayings
My post earlier this week about smoke following beauty reminded me of a few other old sayings about fire-things like: If…
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Smoke Follows Beauty
Earlier this week we took advantage of one of the ridiculously warm days to do some outside work. We tackled…
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What Do You Say When It Snows?
old woman is losing her feathers, old woman is picking her geese phrase It is snowing, esp in large…
