Sweet Bubby Bush
Almost two years ago we had the bank above the big garden cut back. The trees had started shading the…
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I Heared Tell
My brother Steve (in red hat) with some of his coon hunting buddies 1980 A recent email correspondence with Blind…
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Earthquake
Saturday morning a few minutes after 9:00 am we experienced a 4.1 earthquake. The tremors were felt over a wide…
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New Potatoes
NEW POTATOES The first new potatoes of the year are looked forward to from the moment seed potatoes are carefully…
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Happy Mother’s Day from Appalachia – 2025
Chatter, Tipper, Chitter Being a mother has been the greatest pleasure of my life. From the first time I held…
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Branch of May
I’ve been awandering all the night, And the best part of the day. Now I’m returning home again. I bring…
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Parents Who Love to Garden
My daddy grew up deprived of both parents, enough food, clothing and a stable place to call home. There were eight…
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Old Sayings from an Old Book
—Word-Book of Virginia Folk-Speech written by B.W. Green I love all the old sayings! I wish I could remember to use…
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Shadow Folklore
Folklore and sayings about shadows from the Frank C. Brown Collection of N.C. Folklore. I love the sayings about people…
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Beautiful Spring Skies
green up, green-up time noun Springtime.1976 Dwyer Southern Sayin’s 23 = springtime. “It’s comin’ green up.” 1991 Haynes Haywood Home 56 Springtime, just at green-up time, was the time for making popguns…
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Five Hundred Fruit Jars
And if we didn’t have two hogs that would dress five hundred pounds apiece, why, we didn’t have no meat….
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My Tears Have Washed ‘I Love You’ from the Blackboard of My Heart
Today’s post was written by Paul. When I was little and Pap would sit around and sing random songs to…
