Appalachian Vocabulary Test 109
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases. To…

It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases. To…

I heard Pap talk about the old chestnut snag high on the ridge my whole life. In more recent years…

Papaw and Chatter scrooched up taking a nap – 2004 Scrooch, scrooch down, scrooch up, scroudge, scrouge, scrouge around, scrouge…

She said her boyfriend courts like a stick of wood Courts like a stick of wood = a very boring…

I haven’t been to a Red Lobster in years, but back in the day it was one of the places…

The Pressley Girls It was back in 2014 that I shared a video of Pap and Paul doing the old…

The natural decay of pine trees often results in a natural fire starter. In Appalachia the phenomenon is called: rich pine,…

dance in a hog trough verb phrase 1956 Hall Coll. Del Rio TN Fifty years ago if a younger sister…

“Roaming the Mountains with John Parris – Chestnuts: Only Memories Stand Burningtown” They stand like gaunt, whitening skeletons among the living…

There was much discussion about the use of the word ye in the comments on last Saturday’s “Overheard” post. A…

When we went on a hike over the weekend we found two hearts. One was in a leaf. You can…

The girls have been doing more of the cooking lately and I’m glad because they’ve been making some tasty meals….