You Are My Sunshine
The girls learned the old standard “You Are My Sunshine” a couple years back for a Little Middle Folk School…
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Overheard
“Sounds like they’ve made you the ramrod up there.” —- Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia Subscribe for…
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Strawberry Bush
Strawberry bush noun A wild shrub (Euonymus americanus). Same as hearts a-bustin’ (with love). 1937 Thornborough Great Smoky Mts 25…
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5 Things
Chatter and her crotchet 1. Christmas will be here before you know it. Chatter has been crocheting presents as fast…
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Brasstown Blotter – Dear Boys and Girls
The Brasstown Blotter was a small publication published in the late 1930s and early 1940s by the John C. Campbell…
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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…
