Quietus
Chatter and Chitter often needed a quietus put on them when they were little. Looks like Chatter put a quietus…
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Sweet Bread
Pap showing me how to make sweet bread like his mother did Sweet Bread Lard 2 eggs ¼ cup butter…
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Old Yellow Dog Come Trotting Through The Meeting House
Photo by Ron Priest Back sometime last spring the girls learned an old fiddle tune from David Kaynor when he…
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Ghost Lilies or Naked Ladies
After reading my September Charm post earlier this week Jim Casada sent me the following email: “Tipper—Today’s blog touched me…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 116
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Garden Round-Up
Our garden is almost done for this year. We’re still getting peppers, tomatoes, and okra, but that’s it. As with…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – September Charm
It’s been over 15 years since my aunt shared a start of her Japanese Anemones with me. I have them…
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Want Tickets To JCCFS’s 44th Fall Festival? I’ve Got some to Giveaway!
The John C. Campbell Folk School’s famed Fall Festival is just around the corner. Here’s the details from their website….
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Possum Grapes
Possum Grapes As I told you a few weeks back, I grew up enjoying the goodness of the Fox Grapes…
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Paul Got Interviewed!
Several months back Cheryl, a Blind Pig reader and a friend of the family, interviewed Paul about his music for…
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Tater Pie!
♪ ♫ Tater Pie! Tater Pie! Choked to death on a cold tater pie. Yes I thought to the Lord…
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Folklore About How Many Children You’ll Have
Folklore that foretold who you would marry or how many children you’d have was very popular with girls when I…
