Christmas Memories – Anderson County Tennessee
My Grandma was Talitha Ann Queener Rutherford. When I hear the squeak of a rocking chair I never fail to…
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Away In A Manger
Steve & Tipper Christmas 1970 Away In A Manger is the lullaby of Christmas songs. I’ve always thought the simple lines…
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Pralines For Christmas
This week I’ve been making Pralines, I always make them at Christmas. When Chatter and Chitter were little they acted like banshees (actually…
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Christmas Memories – 1900 Shooting Creek North Carolaina
The winter of 1900 had been an unusually bad one. A true story book picture of what a Christmas scene…
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Running Cedar
A few weeks ago Blind Pig reader Carol Stuart mentioned using running cedar as Christmas greenery when she lived in…
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The Magic Of Moss
We never knew about Gallackin but we did gather moss and boxwood cuttings to sell to florists. Way back in…
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Christmas Memories – 1950s Morganton North Carolina
When our family moved to town, to Morganton, in the early 1950s, money was scare: rent for the first time,…
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Christmas – Hard Rock Candy
A while back, B. Ruth left a comment on the Grannyism page asking if Granny ever made Hard Rock Candy….
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The Silent Stars Go By
Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem was written by Phillips Brooks, the pastor who spoke at Abraham Lincoln’s funeral service. Before…
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Christmas Cards
Almost every year the girls and I make Christmas Cards. For some reason we never got around to our annual…
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Christmas Memories – 1941 Peachtree North Carolina
Christmas, 1941, I was four. We hung up our stocking, usually the biggest one we could find, and, we usually…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 61
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. Hand Hard feeling Heavy Hem up…
