Egyptian Walking Onions
Egyptian onions, also called walking onions are a perennial plant. Although the onion tastes the same as other onions, it…
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Gathering Greenery for Christmas
“Wreathes and table centerpieces made from natural materials such as hazelnuts still in the husk; cones from hemlocks, white pines,…
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Christmas Candy
I always think of candy at Christmas time. I’ll admit I have a sweet tooth year round, but this time…
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One Happy Christmas
Today’s post was written by Chatter. Christmas 2012 I love Tammy Wynnett but had never heard her sing the song…
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Animals Talking on Christmas Eve
Earlier this week when we were talking about the folklore of animals kneeling and speaking on Christmas Eve I was…
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Final Round Up of Thankful November Winners
Here’s the round up of the last several winners from my Thankful November Giveaway series. The winner of “Appalachian Values”…
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Christmas Folklore from the Great Smoky Mountains
“Many legends and superstitions came to the mountains with our ancestors. One legend says that on Christmas Eve the animals…
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Christmas in Haywood County NC 1933
We would start getting ready for Christmas in the late fall when the chinquapins started opening. We would gather the…
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Remembering Ethelene Dyer Jones – A Friend to the Blind Pig and The Acorn
Long time Blind Pig and The Acorn reader Ethelene Dyer Jones passed away on Friday November 26, 2021. Ethelene was…
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Making Gravy
Come mealtime one would often find gravy on Granny’s kitchen table when I was a growing up. She fixed sausage…
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Playing at Shady Grove
A couple of weeks ago we played at Shady Grove Baptist Church’s Thanksgiving Dinner. We always have a good time…
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Thankful November – Christmas Songs
In 2008 Pap and Paul released their first printing of “Songs of Christmas.” Here’s what I said about it way…
