We Probably Shouldn’t Have But. . .
Tomato and pepper seedlings We probably shouldn’t have but we planted our spring veggies. Was it too early to plant?…
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First Hand Account of the 1918 Flu in Appalachia
David Brose, who was the longtime Folklorist at John C. Campbell Folk School, gave me a copy of a recorded…
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Thinking of the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Brasstown felt the effects of COVID-19 in a huge way last week. Thankfully, no one has the virus, but due…
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Old Time Light Cornbread
A few weeks back Emaline B. Winter emailed me to see if I had ever heard of light cornbread. She…
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Come Morning
“Come Morning” was a number one hit on the Southern Gospel Charts back in 1980. The song was written by…
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Riddle 22
I’m sharing another riddle from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still. “A host…
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Solitude High on the Mountain
Give me solitude high on the mountain; In a cathedral not made by man. Oh, let me hear a hymn…
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Necklace Folklore
Necklace Folklore If your necklace clasp falls to the front of your neck it means someone is thinking about you…
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Using Snuff Glasses
“Do you remember the days when snuff came in a glass container? Those snuff glasses were welcomed into every home…
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Goodbye Apple Tree
Slightly behind as usual, The Deer Hunter and I went out to prune the apple trees a couple weekends ago….
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We Knew When to Churn Milk
“We knew when to churn when the milk went “blinky.” This was our custom before we got electricity: We had…
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Kneel at the Cross
The girls have been fooling around with the old hymn “Kneel at the Cross.” It’s a song I grew up…
