Whoopy Hide
Hide n seek would have to come in as the number one game played by kids-or at least in the…
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There Is A Time
There is a time for love and laughter The days will pass like summer storms The winter wind will follow…
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Counting Taters
This post was originally published here on the Blind Pig in May of 2010. Since we’re about to start talking…
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My Life In Appalachia – Mountain Hoosiers
I was consulting my Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English for something when my eye fell upon the entry mountain hoosier-a…
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Play Party Games In Appalachia
Have you ever been part of a play party game? I bet you have even if you think you haven’t….
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Patch Farming
The Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English offers the following definition for patch farming: 1972 Graham County 50 With the first stages of…
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How Does My Garden Grow
Sow True Seed has signed on to sponsor the Blind Pig & the Acorn’s garden this year again-and I couldn’t…
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Planting By The Signs April 2013 & A Special Birthday Wish
Can you believe April is here? I managed to get a few things planted in March-even with our colder than…
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The Mountain Burned With Fire
Everyone from the Blind Pig & The Acorn wishes you a very blessed Easter! Take a quick listen to one…
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Easter In North Carolina
The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore has this to share about Easter: At Easter the children always…
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The Late Spring Snow Of March 17, 1936
Today’s guestpost was written by Charles Fletcher. He sent it to me after I wrote of this year’s cold spring….
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Easy To Make Rings
A few months ago I saw a tutorial in a magazine, Country Living I think, to make button rings. It…
