Talking Fire Out
Have you ever heard about people who could talk the fire out of a burn? I’ve heard about the phenomenon…
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Epizootic and Palpeetus of the Punk
Have you ever heard folks use nonsense words to describe their sickness? I’ve heard folks in my area of Appalachia…
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He’s Hippoed!
A few month’s back a friend asked if I knew any other sayings for having the hippo. I didn’t even…
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Jerk Coffee
“One old man, now he was so stingy-this ain’t no joke; it’s a fact-he took coffee beans, and he dried…
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If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
Paul and Chitter have been learning the old song “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again”. They finally decided…
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Overheard
“There was this woman there that was drunker than Cooter Brown.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia Subscribe…
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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…
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The Old Chestnut Snag
I heard Pap talk about the old chestnut snag high on the ridge my whole life. In more recent years…
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Do You Ever Scrooch?
Papaw and Chatter scrooched up taking a nap – 2004 Scrooch, scrooch down, scrooch up, scroudge, scrouge, scrouge around, scrouge…
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Courts Like a Stick of Wood
She said her boyfriend courts like a stick of wood Courts like a stick of wood = a very boring…
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Easy Cheese Biscuits
I haven’t been to a Red Lobster in years, but back in the day it was one of the places…
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Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies – Take 2
The Pressley Girls It was back in 2014 that I shared a video of Pap and Paul doing the old…
