Scared Sayings
Yesterday’s post about being afraid made me think of all the ways we say we’re scared. Here’s a few that…
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Being Afraid
Chatter and Chitter This is the time of the year folks talk about haints and other spooky things. Last week…
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Plaiting Hair
When I was a girl I loved playing with baby dolls. I had several and especially enjoyed playing with the…
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Parched Peanuts
Today’s guest post was written by Keith Jones. I never particularly cared for that most southern of snacks, boiled peanuts….
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Maiden’s Prayer
The fiddle tune “Maiden’s Prayer” is said to have been heard by the great Bob Wills in his barber shop…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Creepiest Plant
The plant commonly called dolls eyes gives me the creeps. I adored baby dolls when I was a child, but…
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The Wooden Foot
Today’s guest post was written by Stephen Taylor. Tales from Kathy Campbell In late December, 2014, I went to visit…
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Fall Fun When Granny Was A Girl
Granny with her brothers and sisters (Granny is the small girl on the far right of the second row) I…
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Mortally
mortally adverb Extremely, exceedingly, intensely; at all. c1940 Simms Coll She wuz so mortally glad to see us. 1940 Still…
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Airish in Appalachia
airish adjective1 Of the weather: cool, fresh, breezy.c1959 Weals Hillbilly Dict 2 = drafty, breezy, cool. “Shet the door. It…
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Raw Apple Cake
Over the weekend I was looking for a taste of fall and ended up making a very tasty apple cake….
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Sound of Silence
We played a chilly rainy performance over in Blairsville, GA yesterday morning at the Sorghum Festival. I believe the announcer…
