Appalachian Sayings – Plumb Foolish
Brasstown – May 2016 foolish about, foolish over adjective phrase Fond of, infatuated with to the point of lacking judgment….
Brasstown – May 2016 foolish about, foolish over adjective phrase Fond of, infatuated with to the point of lacking judgment….
as all get out = extremely You can be: tired as all get out mad as all get out happy…
Chitter, Pap, and Chatter spitting image = looks just like someone There are lots of folks who can’t tell the…
Quit hemming and hawing and play something! —————– If you look in the dictionary for hem and haw you’ll find…
Click on the bar below to hear Pap and my Uncle talking about the Walnut Cove and the Coleman Gap, better…
“That burned me up! I went right down there and told him what for and I made sure he understood…
Scarce as hen’s teeth = very rare I still hear the saying scarce as hen’s teeth in my part of…
Take a shine to = develop a liking for I took a shine to The Deer Hunter the first time…
Back in January of 2011 I shared some of the comments Blind Pig Readers had left about sayings. One reader,…
If you play in the fire you’ll pee the bed tonight: Years ago Pap was burning off a small…
The saying tough as a pine knot means, well it means you’re tough! It’s a saying I’ve heard all my…
The girls got gussied up on Christmas day for me to take their picture in the sweaters Granny made them. Hopefully…