Sparking = Courting…which =s Dating
Tipper and Pap 1980 something spark B verb (also spark with) Esp of a man; to woo, court; hence…
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Coffee With Crumbled Bread
Since several of you mentioned crumbling bread in coffee on last week’s Chocolate Gravy post, I thought I’d re-share this post…
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Down Where the Dogwood Trees Grow
I started writing this post four years ago. Two different things inspired me to write it, well actually I guess…
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Doney Gal = Sweetheart
“Doney-gal means sweetheart, an expression British sailors picked up in Spanish or Italian ports and preserved by backwoodsmen whose ancestors…
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February in Pigeon Roost
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
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5 Things
1. The Deer Hunter made his first knife. He used an old saw blade and a piece of rough lumbered…
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Memories and Food
Each of us have memories that are connected to food. Typically those remembrances are directly related to our childhood,…
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Recent Grannyisms
If you look at the top of this page in the menu you’ll see a link to my Grannyisms-page. I’ve been collecting…
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How About Some Chocolate Gravy?
A few weeks ago Granny called me one Saturday morning to tell me she had sausage, eggs, biscuits, and chocolate…
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Wilson Holler
JCCFS Dance Musician’s Week – David Kaynor standing at mike; Chitter and Chatter at far right of photo It…
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Overheard
“Was it crowded?” “Lord yes it was so thick you couldn’t stir them with a stick. They was just a…
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Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English
On my last Appalachian Vocabulary Test Blind Pig Reader Ron Stephens asked if I might share the various sources I…
