Fall to Staves
Aunt Judy’s Milk Piggin – Southern Appalachian Digital Collection fall to staves verb phrase To collapse, fall apart.1924 Raine Saddlebags…
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Hearing From an Old Friend of the Blind Pig
A very blurry picture of Miss Cindy, Kenneth Roper, Granny Sue, B. Ruth, and Tipper 2014 Several long time Blind…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 188
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Homemade Waffles
I never cared much for waffles when I was growing up, but that’s likely because the only ones I ever…
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When You and I were Young, Maggie (performed by Sonny Reighard)
Today’s post was written by Paul. I haven’t had a good opportunity to shoot a video in a while, so…
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Redbirds
Yesterday Ron Stephens mentioned redbirds in his comment. He said “I searched BP&A for the word “redbird” because something made…
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Big Spiders
Photo from UGA Today Spiders and their webs are beyond common in the mountains of Appalachia. Seems like I notice…
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A Special Day
29 years ago today Matt and I were together in Northeast Georgia Medical Center. We arrived at 6:00 a.m. that…
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My Guaranteed September Bloom
About 20 years ago my aunt shared some of her September Charm Japanese Anemone with me. Since I first planted…
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Funny Sayings from Daddy
My daddy had lots of funny sayings. The ones I remember most were teasing ones about a child getting in trouble. …
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From Laster’s Store
We did not buy many canned foods, but did get sandwich meats as mentioned in “Sandwiches.” We had meats and…
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House of Gold
Today’s post was written by Paul. There are so many Hank songs to choose from, and none of them are…
