Hoodoo’d Potatoes
A few weeks ago I received the follow question on the Blind Pig and The Acorn’s Facebook page. “Hi! My…
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People Who Once Lived Here
The acreage above our house is full of old homeplaces. There were a few that were still inhabited when Pap…
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How I Make Biscuits
After my post about The Deer Hunter making biscuits on the wood stove I received several questions about our biscuit…
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February: The Month for Mollygrubs
The Free Dictionary has this entry for mullygrubs: Rur. to feel depressed. She had the mullygrubs because her husband was out…
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Squirrel Hunting and Johnny Cash
“When me and Harold would get in from school, we couldn’t wait to get our school clothes changed and head…
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Valentine’s Day Memories
Sherry: Well, I was almost my Mom’s Valentine…I was born on the 12th so she was still in Oak Ridge…
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Sugar Kisses
“According to the Dictionary of American English, “sugar” is widespread in the South. They define it as “affection demonstrated through…
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Shivaree
Curtis and Bonnie Mease – Miss Cindy’s parents charivari noun [pronounced shivaree, with stress on both first and third syllables;…
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The Ballad of Kidder Cole
Cole-Tate House courtesy of the Laurel Magazine Cashiers Valley Kidder Cole was the belle of the mountains. A boy in…
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Cooking Bread on the Wood Stove
Over the weekend The Deer Hunter decided he wanted to try his hand at making bread on the wood stove….
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My Favorite Love Song
Pap and Granny, ca. 1965 As the world gets ready for this week of Valentines Day I started thinking about…
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Riddle 20
I’m sharing another riddle from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still. “A house…
