Tailypo
Today’s spooky story is brought to you by Granny Sue. She shares the Appalachian tale of Tailypo, also called Tailybones….
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Good Coffee
Burningtown The old coffee mill that hung on grandma’s kitchen wall has disappeared. The homemade oven Grandpa used to parch…
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Rock Of Ages – At JCCFS
The Pressley Girls – JCCFS photo shoot for cd When it Ends in a Walk Last week I mentioned a…
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Overheard
“She’s awful pert to be so little.” ——————- Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia
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Satan Is Real
As I told you yesterday, for me the Devil takes first place when it comes to things that scare…
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I’m Afraid Of The Devil…Are You?
Photo by Atlas Obscura Near Siler City, NC is a large circle that measures 40 feet across. No vegetation…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Passing The Stories Down
Appalachia has a great tradition of story-telling. Many of the stories have been passed down through multiple generations and are…
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Haunt Tales
haunt tale noun A variant forms haint tale, hant tale. B A ghost story. 1938 Hall Coll. Emerts Cove TN…
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Pumpkin and Cream Cheese Muffins
This time of the year I always start getting a taste for pumpkin recipes. A couple weeks ago, one of…
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The World And Brasstown
Photo from The Pressley Girls’ cd cover shoot at the John C. Campbell Folk School If you’ve been reading…
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How I Know It’s Really Fall Of The Year
Every year fall seemingly arrives when we have several consecutive cool mornings in the far western mountains of North…
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Who Will Watch The Home Place
Who Will Watch the Homeplace written by Kate Long Leaves are falling and turning to showers of gold As the postman…
