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Appalachia | Music

Chitter Got a New Fiddle

Chitter got herself a new fiddle. She found it on Murphy Yardsale. I know a lot of you don’t fool…

Last week while I was talking about the importance of passing our rich colorful Appalachian Language on to the next…

“Drink sassafras tea during the month of March and you won’t need a doctor” —Old mountain saying Sass Tea? My…

Appalachia | Music

The Pressley Girls If I could paint a picture of you and me I would paint a garden If I…

Appalachia | Riddles

I’m sharing another riddle from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still. “Old John…

It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….

lick noun 1 A sharp blow or stroke with the hand or a heavy instrument. 1884 Murfree In Tenn 83…

I love cooking recipes from the “Favorite Recipes of the John C. Campbell Folk School” cookbook. It was published in…

Katherine Sudderth Interview June 29, 1982 “I always loved to cook and I still do like to cook. I learned…

“I started collecting four-leaf clovers about 1930 when I found the first one. I started up here the other day…

F.P. Cover and Sons Tannery Andrews NC – The second major industry in early Andrews (Photo from “Marble & Log…

Appalachia | Weather

So far the Ruling Days Prediction for 2019 is right on the money. Above average temps and rain! Here’s some…