“Are you in a powerful hurry? If you’ve got time I want to show you something in the backroom.”
Last night’s video: Watermelon Hill 11.
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Youuns and WEuns heard this growing up, along with Y’all !!!!!
Here’s another one: anytime company drops in, one of the adults would always be sure to ask, “Jeet yit?”
Recently my sister and I talked about opening a little roadside diner and naming it, “Jeet Yit?” Don’t guess it’ll ever happen, since we’re too old now to undertake such a task.
“Put my dope in a poke” really means “put my soft drink in a paper sack”
I have heard powerful hurry or powerful hungry and “powerful” used to describe some other things. I will more often say big hurry, awful hungry, or as Ed says all-fared hurry. I too know exactly what Don is saying in his comment about the Olds. Between being retired and more to do with the pain from arthritis in my worn out knees and herniated disc in my back, I will on some days if I’m compared to a snail make the snail seem as fast as a Kentucky Derby race horse. In other words I don’t get in a hurry for anything short of fire and even it has to be mighty close.
I grew up with this saying when an aquaintance seemed to be rushing off to get somewhere else. “Whatcha in a all fire hurry for? Why don’t we sit down and rest a spell? Catch up on some things.” Thank you so much, Tipper, for reminding us of the old time sayings. And want you to know that you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Yep, we have a version of this saying in my neck of the woods. It’s used especially by folks that are our age or older. We would say “Iffen ya’ll ain’t in a powerful big hurry, let’s have a cup of coffee”. We use “big” a lot in our vernacular. Also, “ain’t” is pretty common too. In fact, they’ve stopped redlining it in spellcheck on the computer. I think it’s now an accepted word. English teachers just couldn’t win over this countrified language we use..lol.
Have a blessed weekend & 4th of July.
I hear and have heard; a powerful appetite, powerful temper, powerful handshake, powerful perfume just to name a few. Enjoyed last night’s reading of Watermelon Hill. I well remember playing drums with the round oatmeal containers, the button on a string, using pieces of wood to make boats to float in water, catching lightening bugs, and my brother making homemade kites. Wonderful memories! I also wanted to let Corie know how much I enjoyed her garden video. She is so proud of it and has every right to be. I also can’t wait to see what Katie’s rock garden will look like. Those girls sure took after their mama with their garden growing abilities, and I wanted to tell you I have Cherokee purple tomatoes growing in a raised bed. I said earlier this year I was going to try them. I can’t wait until they are ready!!
Why are you in such an all-fared hurry anyway?
Grammaw Breedlove’s backroom was a scary place. The door was always closed except when she was in there. She would call the adults back in there but no kids were ever allowed. I used to think she had dead bodies stacked up in there. I did sneak a peek once and thought I saw a casket. It was just inside the door on the left. It was an ornate looking box with legs. A casket with legs? or, a buffet. I never found out!
Don’t get me wrong, Grammaw wasn’t at all scary except when she threatened us with Grampaw’s razor strop. We all knew she wouldn’t hit us with that thing. But wouldn’t didn’t mean couldn’t.
And “skeered” is better 😉
Note: Don’s comment makes complete sense to me, so I reckon I’m a right smart Blind Pig!
I used to take care if this little old man. I would have to go ip there, he just lived across the road from me but I would fix his breakfast and change him and give his medicine, do a few more things before I had to go to my other job. I would be at the door or on the porch going out and that was his favorite words. you got a minute I gotta show you something. It was hard yo get away.
Yep, used to hearing “powerful” as a way to say how much. Also used to “all fired” as in “Why’ur ya in such an all-fired hurry. What’d come after, a chunk ‘a far?”
Yes, Ron. I have often asked the question to various friends and family. Whatcha in a all fire hurry for?Even though I am guilty of getting in a hurry myself, sometimes we just need to slow down a bit. We live in such a fast paced world. We really do miss so much of life.
Oh I do long to hear some of the old sayins’…I hope to never lose them…I had to laugh when I heard one of my sons-in-law say…pert near…and he is from Ohio….glad he is in Florida now…God Bless…tell Granny hi for me please/
My grandparents used to say any kind of sensitive, sore or painful area was “touchous”. I’m just curious if this word is used in your neck of the woods.
Trudy-it is used here : ) We also use it to mean someone who is in a bad mood or who is easily offended. Here’s a post I wrote about it: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/toucheous/
Heard it from my father but he pronounced it more like techous.
I know I’m powerful tired today!
I’ve not heard powerful hurry, but I have heard powerful hungry.
I haven’t listened to your reading of the last two books because I’m saving them to listen to them this fall while I’m sewing. Right now I’m doing good to get all the videos watched on YouTube that I subscribe too. You are all still in my thoughts and prayers.
‘Powerful’ and ‘mighty’: I heard it both ways from my family.
You’re in a mighty sour mood.
Don’t be in such a mighty rush.
I’m mighty knackered.
I’m in a powerful hurry.
‘Pure-dee’ is another one brought into our family from somewhere: “He’s pure-dee mean as they come.”
I’ve been powerful hungry before! Still hear powerful around here
I try not to get in a powerful hurry, but I do sometimes get powerful hungry!
good morning! say a word for me and my family lots of problems there!
That brings back sweet memories!
God bless you friends of Appalachia, God bless Tipper and her family in Jesus name,
Let’s redo
Thet fordy-nine Olds come offen Neal’s gap lak a skeered haint!
They fordy-nine Olds come offen Neal gap lak a scarred haint..