“The sheep which were grown years ago for wool were a smaller and hardier strain then the sheep of today. they weighed only about thirty to forty pounds and were no bigger than an average size dog; yet they were stout little creatures that withstood cold, hunger, and disease in the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains. But they were also shy, timid animals whose only source of protection from wild animals was to flee in fear. If they were…
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Thankful November
“One of the finest food-connected advertising slogans I’ve ever encountered adorned jars of a popular brand of cane syrup, Dixie…
Marinda Brown: I always got th’biggest thrill out a’that—just th’children and me. Just th’very smallest children would get in and…
“I looked down at the tattered toes of my brogans. That was going to be my whole destiny always,…
“When I was about eleven years old and others in my family and I were in bed with the flu,…
Every November I host a variety of giveaways as a way of saying THANK YOU to Blind Pig and The…
During the month of November I host a variety of giveaways as a way of saying THANK YOU to Blind Pig…
Appalachia Appalachian Dialect Thankful November
Appalachian Vocabulary Test 118 and a Thankful November Giveaway
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
“We at home, always had a team. We had to have a team to work. So far as going out…
“In log rollin’s, you’d go all over th’community and gather up maybe twenty-five men. Then they’d cut logs and clear…