Devils Food Cake
The article on The Straight Dope Website that started me on the deviled food journey had this to say about…
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Gathering Flowers from the Hillside
We talked about Appalachian Murder Ballads last Sunday, more specifically the ballad of Tom Dooley. Today I have a different…
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Belled Buzzards
Ever heard stories about a buzzard that flew around wearing a bell? Here’s an old newspaper article detailing one such…
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Cat Folklore
Cats-mostly black cats-have long been associated with spooky folklore. According to the Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore : seeing…
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Bottle Trees and Evil Spirits
Ever seen a bottle tree? Usually the bottles are stuck on the branches of the tree. I took the photo…
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The All-Overs
all-overs A noun (usu the all-overs) Nervousness, shivers, uneasy excitement. 1917 Kephart Word-list 407 Every time I got to studyin’…
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I have Turned to a Witch
Chatter and Chitter – Wearing homemade Halloween Costumes I Have turned to a Witch written by Mary Lou McKillip Some seventy…
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Deviled Food
Recently I read about serving deviled food at Halloween parties. You know things like devil’s food cake, deviled ham, deviled…
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Appalachian Murder Ballads
Tom Dooley is a song I’ve heard all my life, I even used to be able to play it on the…
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Ghost Stories and Appalachia
Almost every year since I first started the Blind Pig and The Acorn I’ve tried to share spooky things during…
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Overheard
“Make yourself at home. We’ll treat you so many different ways that you’re bound to like one of them.” ——————-…
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Appalachian Sayings – Stacked up Like Cordwood
Folks were stacked up like cordwood on Saturday at the festival. The local paper said over 16,000 people visited the small…
