Folklife from Home: The Pressley Girls
The North Carolina Folklife Institute recently featured the girls on their Youtube channel. During the video the girls offer examples…
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Dad’s Old Homeplace
“My dad and momma use to live in the Hurley Cove, right before you get to the Hewitts Quarry. Me and…
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Thankful November – Children’s Crocheted Hats
Granny is the queen of crochet. She crocheted things when I was little, but in those days she sewed a…
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Thankful November – Building Fires and Driving Cars
“Now when I first come to this creek, we broke up our land with a mule and a single-footed plow….
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Fall Garden Tour
Our fall garden is doing pretty good. We’ve been eating kale and radishes for the last week. My turnips aren’t…
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5 Things
1. Chitter’s new chickens have finally started laying eggs…well at least one of them has. We’ve been getting eggs from…
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Light Bread or Loaf Bread?
light bread noun A loaf of bread made from wheat flour leavened with yeast, rather than from corn meal. Same…
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Stopped Short Never to go Again
For this week’s Pickin’ & Grinnin’ In The Kitchen Spot, I have a song about a grandfather clock to share…
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The Sweetheart Maples
Today’s guest post was written by Earl Cagle. There is a place I want to take you, way back in…
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Getting Scared in Appalachia
Were you ever scared as a child? I used to get so scared I made Granny and Pap sleep with…
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Something in the Cemetery
“Late one night, a fellow came by Grandpa’s house, frightened out of his wits. He had just passed Buckhorn Cemetery,…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 141
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
