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Appalachian HistoryAppalachian HistoryFolktales, anecdotes and quotes drawn from Appalachia. Emphasis on the Depression era. Articles
Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly podcast posts today
2012-01-08 06:00:00 We post a new episode of Appalachian History weekly podcast every Sunday. You can start listening right away by clicking the podcast icon over on the right side of your screen. If you’d rather grab the show off itunes for later listening, click here: We open today’s show with the story of the Yahoo, a ... You Might Also Like:Listen Here: weekly Appalachian History podcast posts today More About: Podcast , Today , Weekly
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration adjusts farmers pockets to less
2012-01-06 06:00:00 Surpluses of the main US farm products had been piling up in storage bins since the early 1920s, and President Roosevelt used the Agricultural Adjustment Administration starting in 1933 to try to limit the output of those products. If their supply went down, then their prices would go up, enabling many farm families to make ... You Might Also Like:Agricultural education in WV, a 1923 update
Washing clothes the modern way
2012-01-05 06:00:00 This photo, from the ‘Museum of Found Photographs’ on Flickr.com, measures 8 x 10 inches, photographer and exact location unknown. It was found in southern Ohio. Everyone in this image appears to be very pleased with the family’s new washing machine save the young daughter on the right who seems indifferent. Note the son is ... You Might Also Like:Modern carpenters would not know what cracking a log was More About: Clothes
It?s seed month!
2012-01-04 06:00:00 The snow?s been collecting on the garden and the blooming season seems very far away. Of course the seed catalogs have started trickling in already (January is ?seed month? in the industry) and by Valentine?s Day gardeners have piles of choices. Appalachian gardeners during the 1930s could count on catalogues from Stark Brothers Nurseries, Thompson ... You Might Also Like:I ain’t caught no babies come two month tomorrow
These crackers had ways peculiarly their own
2012-01-03 06:00:00 “Now to go back in history farther than my own time and recollections, let me venture upon some unoccupied territory and tell how Cherokee Georgia became the home of that much-maligned and misunderstood individual known as the Georgia cracker. I have lived long in his region, and am close akin to him. “There is really ... You Might Also Like:A flamboyant man who in many ways resembled Elmer Gantry More About: Smith
Golden Eagles Winter in Appalachia
2012-01-02 06:00:00 Please welcome guest author Molly Moore. Moore is the AmeriCorps Associate Editor of The Appalachian Voice, a bimonthly environmental newspaper published by the regional public interest group Appalachian Voices. She recently moved to Western North Carolina from the Midwest, and is enjoying learning about the region’s unique natural heritage. This article appears in the current ... You Might Also Like:Winter ’s the quilting season More About: Eagles
No Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly podcast today
2012-01-01 15:21:00 Happy New Year’s day everyone! Back to regular podcasting next week. You Might Also Like:No Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly podcast today You Might Also Like:No Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly podcast today More About: Podcast , Today
New Year countdown
2011-12-30 06:00:00 Ringing out the old, ringing in the new. Everyone’s doing it tomorrow night. One New Year tradition in Appalachia is the New Year baby. The custom of using a baby to signify the New Year originated in ancient Greece, the baby symbolizing in this case not birth, but re-birth. The Germans added the twist of ... You Might Also Like:Ringing in the new More About: New Years Eve
Blue Moon of Kentucky, keep on shining
2011-12-29 06:00:00 Well, it’s almost a new year, and depending on your definition, there will either be one blue moon in it, or none. Using the Farmers’ Almanac definition of blue moon (meaning the third full moon in a season of four full moons), the next blue moon won’t occur till August 21, 2013. But if you ... You Might Also Like:Happy New Year! More About: Moon , Blue , Kentucky
Ahh-CHOOOOO !
2011-12-28 06:00:00 Cold and flu season?s here. These days a quick trip down to the local Walmart will arm the grippe sufferer with every pharmaceutical weapon imaginable. But in 1937 Sam Walton, age 19, was still 25 years away from opening his first Walmart store. Aspirin tablets had already been around since 1915, but there were still ... You Might Also Like:He was bitten by a Rattler, and they sent for Ira
The Overalls Club Movement of 1920
2011-12-27 06:00:00 “The revolt against the high cost of living, expressed in the nation-wide formation of old-clothes leagues, overalls clubs, and lunchbasket clubs, is highly significant in that it is the first indication of protest to come from a class which has been a silent and patient sufferer during all the clashes that have taken place between ... You Might Also Like:The story told by an old account book More About: Club
The Maupins, the Walkers, and Tennessee Lead
2011-12-26 06:00:00 The ?Walker? is today the most popular of the American Foxhound dog breed. This breed can be traced to Madison County, KY and a stolen hound called Tennessee Lead. According to legend, drover Tom Harris stole the hound out of a deer chase in Tennessee a few miles south of Albany, Kentucky in November 1852. ... You Might Also Like:Gib Morgan’s tall tales lead to Paul Bunyan (2 of 2)
No Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly podcast today
2011-12-25 06:00:00 Christmas break! You Might Also Like:Listen Here: weekly Appalachian History podcast posts today You Might Also Like:Listen Here: weekly Appalachian History podcast posts today More About: Podcast , Today , Weekly
And the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strain
2011-12-23 06:00:00 Merry Christmas everyone! I want to take a minute and thank all my readers for stopping by and having a look around here at the site throughout this past year. Your comments and appreciation really make the task of writing so much easier. Also, I want to acknowledge all the talented and generous people who’ve ... You Might Also Like:Christy and Leonora: City Girl, Country Gal More About: Mountains
They?s heaps o folks here still believe on Old Christmas
2011-12-22 06:00:00 OLD CHRISTMAS They?s heaps o? folks here still believe On Christmas ? that?s Old Christmas ? Eve, The elders bloom upon the ground, And critters low and kneel around In every stall, though none I know Has seen them kneel, or heard them low, Unless, maybe, ?t was Judith Daughn And she?s been dead these ... You Might Also Like:Breakin’ up Christmas
Chinese firecrackers provided plenty of Christmas joking
2011-12-21 06:00:00 Clarence Nixon wrote of his father?s store in his book Possum Trot, “We stocked up with fruit in December, and I still think of Christmas when I smell oranges in the country.” The South was a land of deep sentimentality. Family ties were close, and the hard years following the war tended to knit them ... You Might Also Like:Christmas images throughout Appalachia More About: Chinese
The Animals from the Wild Visit, and Ms. Cat Stays
2011-12-20 06:00:00 I think it was the ninth night, I was told that the wild animals came in from the forest, fields and desert. Some had traveled a long way. They came in late at night when everybody was asleep. They didn?t want to scare people. They came in quietly to see the Son of Heaven, baby ... You Might Also Like:MS. HORSE, MS. MULE AND MS. COW, a Christmas fable More About: Animals , Wild
They pulled the candy and laughed and frolicked
2011-12-19 06:00:00 You kin talk about y?r op?ras, y?r germans an’ all sich Y?r afternoon r?ceptions an’ them pleasures o? the rich You kin feast upon y?r choc?lates an? y?r creams an? ices full But none of ?em is ekal to a good old candy pull. For ther? isn?t any perfume like the ?lasses on the fire ... You Might Also Like:Box after box of penny candy that we loved to buy More About: Candy
Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly podcast posts today
2011-12-18 06:00:00 We post a new episode of Appalachian History weekly podcast every Sunday. You can start listening right away by clicking the podcast icon over on the right side of your screen. If you’d rather grab the show off itunes for later listening, click here: We open today’s show with up with a Jack Tale for ... You Might Also Like:Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly posts today More About: Podcast , Today
The Creek Indians of Boiling Spring, AL
2011-12-16 06:00:00 “Boiling Spring ”The Anniston Times, December 30,1932by Bessie Coleman Robinson Our county abounds in beautiful springs, but no other surpasses Boiling Spring in beauty. It is located on the Manning Christian Place, originally called the Caver Place, situated in the Choccolocco Valley a few miles east of Oxford. In early days this spring gushed forth from ... You Might Also Like:Who’s kidnapping whom? Indians and settlers mix it up
The Feast of the Seven Fishes
2011-12-15 06:00:00 This year was the 6th time Fairmont, WV publically celebrated the classic Italian Christmas Eve tradition, the Feast of the Seven Fishes, with a local festival of the same name. At the December 10 event, West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant presented Robert Tinnell with Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s Recognition of Honor for Tinnell’s ... You Might Also Like:Only play this game with an honest man
Muralist Lola Poston and the Lincoln Theatre
2011-12-14 06:00:00 Her paintings were shown at the 1939 World?s Fair, and she helped decorate the White House during the Roosevelt Administration. But the artistic highlight of Lola Poston?s painting career was surely the six 15×20 ft. murals she created in 1929 for the auditorium of the newly built Lincoln Theatre , a talking picture palace and vaudeville ... You Might Also Like:Sound comes to the photoplays
There?s more than one definition of fruitcake in Appalachia
2011-12-13 06:00:00 Yes, it?s heavy as a brick, and lasts long enough that you can re-gift it year after year without anyone commenting on its shelf life having expired. Blame the Scots. Early versions of the rich style fruitcake, such as what we know today as Scottish Black Bun, date from the Middle Ages, and were luxuries ... You Might Also Like:Stack Cake More About: Definition
Time for Kris Kringling
2011-12-12 06:00:00 For Pennsylvania Dutch children Christmas started yesterday, the beginning of ?chriskringling? (or ?Kris Kringling,?) the two-week period culminating in Christmas. It?s a hybrid of trick or treating, mischief night, and Christmas caroling. Tradition dictates that after dressing in costumes, the children sneak up to a neighbor’s house armed with noise makers of every shape and ... You Might Also Like:The Belsnickle: definitely NOT Santa Claus More About: Time
Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly podcast posts today
2011-12-11 06:00:00 We post a new episode of Appalachian History weekly podcast every Sunday. You can start listening right away by clicking the podcast icon over on the right side of your screen. If you’d rather grab the show off itunes for later listening, click here: We open today’s show with a 4th century European Christmas folktale ... You Might Also Like:Listen Here: weekly Appalachian History podcast posts today More About: Podcast , Today , Weekly
Take it outside Christmas morning and jump on it with both feet
2011-12-09 06:00:00 Three remaining parts of the hog deserve brief mention. One, the tail, is a most delectable morsel when roasted in an oven or over an open fire. Two, the hog’s spleen, sometimes called the milt (German), is a tasty delicacy when roasted and sprinkled with salt. Immediately after its removal, along with the viscera en ... You Might Also Like:A kitchen welcomes Christmas More About: Morning , Feet
I tried to get her to sing all the song
2011-12-08 06:00:00 John Jacob Niles composed the Appalachian influenced Christmas carols The Carol of the Birds, The Flower of Jesse, What Song s were Sung, Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head, and Sweet Little Boy Jesus. I Wonder As I Wander, one of his most popular carols, illustrates the working methods of this inveterate collector of homegrown musicality: “I ... You Might Also Like:Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head More About: Sing
The Legend of Ruling Days
2011-12-07 06:00:00 Please welcome Tim Hooker, author of ?Looking for a City,? ?Duncan Hambeth: Furniture King of the South,? and ?Rocket Man: A Rhapsody of Short Stories.? Tim is currently an English instructor at Cleveland State Community College in Cleveland, TN. You know you are deeply imbedded in a culture when you take for granted things that ... You Might Also Like:Away back in the early days they had disagreed More About: Days
Living History portrayal keeps memory of Ruby Bradley alive
2011-12-06 06:00:00 This piece by Catherine V. Moore appeared on December 3, 2011 in the Beckley [WV] Register-Herald. It is reprinted here with permission. Seventy years ago, U.S. Army nurse Ruby Bradley had just enjoyed a pleasant Thanksgiving in the Philippines. She looked forward to returning home to West Virginia soon and spent her days working some, ... You Might Also Like:Hometown wisdom in time of war More About: World War I , Living , History , Memory
Kentucky?s moonlight schools
More articles from this author:2011-12-05 06:00:00 Some would consider her the founder of Adult Literacy Education in the United States. Cora Wilson Stewart (1875-1958) was an elementary school teacher and county school superintendent in eastern Kentucky ’s Rowan County who, in the fall of 1911, decided to open the classrooms in her district to adult pupils. When the Moonlight Schools opened on ... You Might Also Like:Kentucky’s fotched-on women 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
