Overheard
“You might see some water dripping, but don’t fret none its just where we washed it.” —————– Tipper Overheard: snippets of…
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Fiddling George Barnes, Last of the Copper Haulers
Today’s guest post was written by Ethelene Dyer Jones. Photo provided by Polk County News Fiddling George Barnes, Last of…
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The Milk is Blinked!
blinked, blinky A adjective Usu of milk; soured. 1956 Hall Coll. Del Rio TN You cain’t drink it. It’s blinked….
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5 Things
1. Just like the rest of the country, Snap Chat has taken Appalachia by storm…at least the younger generation…
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Blind Pig & The Acorn in 2017
It seems only yesterday I was telling you about the goals I had planned for the Blind Pig & the…
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Making Snow Cream
I got some snow over the weekend-and I’m still excited about it. We got 4 inches of white and everything…
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Oh Little Momma your Daddys got the Deep Elem Blues
After Pap passed away I couldn’t bear to watch any of the videos we’ve filmed over the years. I guess…
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What Do You Say When It Snows?
old woman is losing her feathers, old woman is picking her geese phrase It is snowing, esp in large…
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Old Christmas – Comments from Blind Pig Readers
Today is Old Christmas. Last year I shared the definition of Old Christmas from the Dictionary of Smoky Mountain…
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Bad to…
bad to adjective phrase Having an unfortunate, undesirable, or excessive habit, inclination, or weakness for (doing something). The term usu…
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Blind Pig & The Acorn – 2016 In Review
I’ll always remember 2016 as the year I lost Pap and that makes me want to say it was…
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Arrowy?
Way back in the day I took an Appalachian Studies class in college. I thoroughly enjoyed it! The teacher was…
