Jenny Jones From Madison County
As we began our journey of games, I mentioned Play Party Games were very popular in the mountains of Appalachia….
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Bryson City, NC April 18, 1889
Travel in Western North Carolina: Following Wagon Trains – 1890s Almond: Fine spring rains. – Peaches plenty.—Garden vegetables look well.—General…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 53
It’s time for this month’s vocabulary test-take it and see how you do. Dwindle down Draw fire Daub Dadjimit Dodge…
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Anty Over
The Frank C. Brown Collection Of North Carolina Folklore describes the game of Anty Over like this: A group of…
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Uncle Bob
Today’s guest post was written by Charles Fletcher Uncle Bob written by Charles Fletcher Before I tell you a…
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Memphis
Way back when I first started the Blind Pig I did a post about how The Deer Hunter uses alternate…
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Crack The Whip
Ed Ammons left the following comment on one of the recent game posts: We used to play a game where…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Combed Your Hair Or Washed Your Face
Words of wisdom from Granny: You ought not ever leave the house without combing your hair or washing your face…
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Please And Displease
The Foxfire 6 book is chock full of games from Appalachia along with lots of other interesting things. I found the…
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Tap Back – Tap Hand
Tap back or tap hand is a game which is described in both the Foxfire 6 book as well as…
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Blind Man’s Bluff
According to the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, the game Blind Man’s Bluff is as old as…
