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• Appalachia Through My Eyes - Mothers Day

  
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  Mothers Day in Appalachia is wearing red or pink flowers if your Mother is still among the living; its wearing white if shes gone on to wait for you on the other shore. Mothers day in Appalachia is potted flowers... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  6 days ago

• Counting Out Rhymes

  
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  There are as many ways to decide who goes first in a game as there are games! Weve already been over counting taters. Today I wanted to share some counting out rhymes with you. See if you remember any of... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  1 week ago

• Aliens In The Yard?

  
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  Over the last few days there have been some strange happenings around the Blind Pig house. Oh well that was just The Deer Hunter talking to the chickens-so maybe that wasnt so strange. Or maybe Im the weird thing happening... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  1 week ago

• Strawberry Pie

  
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  Local strawberries are finally ripe! Weve been eating them like crazy. My favorite way-is to just grab a handful and munch. I did manage to save enough to make a pie out of the last bunch though. I grew up... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  1 week ago

• Old Granny Wiggins Is Dead

  
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  I came across the game Old Granny Wiggins Is Dead in the Foxfire 6 Book. The name grabbed my attention, then after I read the entry I decided it was a game I would have played when I was a... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  1 week ago

• Appalachian Vocabulary Test 54

  
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  Its time for this months Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. Ease around Eating table Epizooticks Everly Everwho Ease around: to move quietly without disturbing. "They were talking about something awful serious out there in the yard... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  1 week ago

• Playing Telephone

  
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  Have you ever played the game telephone? Its a fun game to play-especially if youre in a group of giggling girls. I remember playing the game at summer camp and at slumber parties. One person starts the game by whispering... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  1 week ago

• Cant Say Ive Ever Been More Lonesome

  
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  Almost every Sunday afternoon we meet up down at Pauls for some pickin and grinnin. Theres much music during those weekly sessions-but theres lots of other stuff too. Things like fixing button issues with pocket knives; most Sundays theres sunshine-and... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  1 week ago

• Roosters and Violets

  
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  This post was originally published here on the Blind Pig in April of 2010. Since it mentions a game I played as I child I thought Id re-post the piece. In the gardening world folks either love wild violets with... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  2 weeks ago

• Appalachia Through My Eyes - May Waters

  
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  According to folklore I found in Frank C. Browns Collection, if you wash your face in the dew on May 1st you will be pretty. Or if you let your head get wet in the first rain of May you... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  2 weeks ago

• Drop The Handkerchief

  
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  Drop the Handkerchief is a game I remember playing in the gym of the old Martins Creek School. The game is very similar to Tap Hand or Duck Duck Goose. Everyone stands or sits in a large circle. One person... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  2 weeks ago

• Planting By The Signs May 2013

  
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  Ive been dreaming about fresh tomatoes, bright yellow squash, and eating a cucumber still warm from the sunshine sprinkled with salt. Hopefully by the end of May my dreams will be closer to coming true-you know when Ive actually got... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  2 weeks ago

• Mumbly Peg

  
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  Mumbly peg (or mumble peg) is a game Ive seen boys play during my lifetime-Ive even seen grown men play it once or twice. Me-Ive never played it. The game is played with various rules depending on whose doing the... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  2 weeks ago

• Freeze Tag

  
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  Did you ever play freeze tag? Ed Ammons sent me this short description of Freeze Tag: How to Play Freeze Tag This game is to be played outside. First we will choose who is to be “It” by counting taters... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  2 weeks ago

• Choices

  
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  If you havent heard, George Jones passed away on Friday, he was 81 years old. Most country music fans loved him-but Ive known a few who didnt. Either way-no one can deny the impact he had on the genre of... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  2 weeks ago

• Appalachia Through My Eyes - A Great Circle Of Dance

  
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  Last weekend, me and the girls made our annual trek to Berea, Kentucky to participate in Mountain Folk Festival. The weeks leading up to the festival were filled with learning the dances which had been chosen for this years festival... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  3 weeks ago

• Playing Marbles

  
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  Ive always loved marbles-not necessary to play with-just to hold in my hand and look at. I remember when I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade playing marbles was popular with the older boys-I say older-but the school only... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  3 weeks ago

• Pretty Girl Station

  
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  Pretty Girl Station is a game I remember playing in the grassy fields that lay below old Martins Creek School. We called the game Bum Bum Bum. The game begins with a group of kids dividing themselves into teams. Each... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  3 weeks ago

• Unique Baby Dolls

  
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  When I was a little girl my favorite thing to play with was my dolls. There was a doll on my Christmas wish list every year. I had dolls with hair that grew and ungrew; a doll that walked back... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  3 weeks ago

• Tis A Song That Should Linger - And It Has

  
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  Portions of this post were originally published here on the Blind Pig in February of 2010. Hard Times Come Again No More was written by Stephen Foster in 1855. Since Foster was a songwriter by trade Im sure the song... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  3 weeks ago

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