Appalachian Vocabulary Test 178
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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Old Song: Early One Morning
Today’s post was written by Paul. When I was a kid, Pap often sat on the couch and sang whatever…
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Aftermath of the Hurricane
In the wind up all we got from hurricane Helene was rain. We had little breezy spells, but no strong…
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Granny Says Harricun
hurricane nounA variant forms harricane, harricun, herrycane.1942 Hall Phonetics 42 [harik’n].B1 A severe windstorm.1834 Crockett Narrative 150 In the morning…
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Rain Has Arrived
We finally got some good soaking rains over the last two days. The first day we got about a quarter…
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Our Babies Have Babies
Hard for us to believe our babies have babies. Twenty-eight years ago today The Deer Hunter and I were sitting…
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From the Archives: Pap’s Big Garden Lay Fallow This Summer
September 5, 2015 Late yesterday evening Chitter asked me if I’d walk down to Pap’s big garden with her. She…
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Dinner & Supper
Summer supper: corn, fried squash, carrot salad, cucumbers, tomato, and cornbread. Dinner—The meal eaten at mid-day. Supper—The evening meal. —Celebrating…
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Gospel Song – The Glory land Way
I grew up singing the old song “The Glory Land Way” in church. I always liked it because of the…
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Holstein Pea
We grew holstein peas for the first time last summer. Debbie at Bryson Farm Supply shared the seed with us….
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Porch Memories
Today’s guest post was written by Brenda Kay Ledford. Photo courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Memories flood my mind…
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Changes in the Garden
2013 Garden I stumbled on some old garden pictures and was struck by how much things have changed over the…
