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…
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Riddle 51
Today I’m sharing a riddle I recently saw at Spud’s Shack in Murphy, NC. What is greater than God, worse…
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Keeping Secrets
The post I shared about ramps earlier this week stirred my memories of folks who attempt to keep their favorite…
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Planting by the Signs for May 2025
We hope to plant most of our garden today if we can beat the rain that’s forecasted to fall. Our…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 183
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Digging Ramps in the Spring
We really wanted to go to the ramp patch this spring, but the time to go is slipping away fast…
