Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Hoe Down
hoe down noun A type of lively dance or music; by extension a noisy, lively square dance, usu with…
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Have You Ever Had The Weak Trembles?
weak trembles noun Tremor, general weakness of the body; anxiety. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 227-28 But old Uncle Neddy…
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Planting by the Signs Calendar – March 2017
Who can believe the crazy weather we’ve been having! In the 70s one day and the next day a…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 97
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear some of the words….
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Hamburger and Beans
Using ground meat in some way usually comes to mind when one thinks of creating a cheap make-do kind of meal. There’s…
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Why Did I Leave The Plow In The Field?
The Old Homeplace It’s been ten long years since I left my home In the hollow where I was born…
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Overheard
“If it goes down one of them holes it’ll be ruint!” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia
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The Gunter Cabin
The Gunter Cabin – Fontana Village NC Welch Cove Pioneers: The Gunter Family Jessie Gunter was born in the Stecoah…
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Did You Ever Play Blind Man’s Bluff?
According to the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, the game Blind Man’s Bluff is as old as…
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The High Sheriff
Photos courtesy of the Cherokee County Historical Museum high sheriff noun A sheriff, the chief law enforcement officer of a county,…
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The Angel of Brasstown by Jim Casada
A few weeks back I told you I was featured in the February/March issue of Smoky Mountain Living. Blind Pig Reader…
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Pam’s Cubed Steak
I didn’t used to be a fan of cooking cubed steak. I always fried it like Granny did and like…
