Overheard
“That was pretty good, but could you do pretty little girl with a joe sack on?” Tipper p.s. Overheard: snippets…
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Grateful in Appalachia
“Louisa had never been grateful for anything, but from Corie she learned gratefulness and thankfulness for all things: dry wood,…
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Sevin Dust or a Natural Remedy for Garden Bugs?
Pap’s old sevin dust can We don’t usually have issues with bugs doing damage to our garden. There’s always Japanese…
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Rabies
Rabies written by Larry Griffith As a boy in the early 1950’s I lived on Squirrel Run in Elliot Co….
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Whippoorwills in Bellview
I grew up hearing Pap tell a very silly story about Whippoorwills. In days gone by, the story was quite…
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Kraut
kraut A noun Sauerkraut, widely made in the mountains, stored in barrels and kept for winter consumption. The food is…
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Sing that one about that Ole Boy that went and got in Trouble
The Pressley Girls – Fall 2016 Marble, NC We’ve been learning the Steeldrivers song If it hadn’t been for Love for the…
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Funny Rabbits
Chitter snapped this picture out her bedroom window. Mr. Cottontail pranced back and forth so long that we decided he…
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Mountain Ivy = Mountain Laurel = Rhododendron
ivy noun (also ivy bush, ivy tree) The mountain laurel tree (Kalmia latifolia). Same as calico bush, mountain ivy. 1883…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 100
The Deer Hunter and Pap talking over the garden – 2012 It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing…
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The Mountain Ivy is Blooming
Over the past week, the Ivy around my house has started to bloom. If Ivy makes you think of the green vine…
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5 Things
1. The Deer Hunter got to take a blacksmithing class at the John C. Campbell Folk School and boy did he…
