The greening of the mountains from Tanbark Ridge overlook, elevation 3175 feet, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. The road seen in upper left is the parkway as it continues northeast. Can you see the little houses, including my favorite, the red roofed one?
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Happy St. Patrick's Day
My iota of blood from my Irish ancestors must be why I love Irish Step Dancing.
Like many other NC settlers, my mother's ancestors were "Scotch-Irish" but they never considered themselves Irish for some reason. But they all had red hair.
The Appalachian area had a large immigrant population of Scotch-Irish. As I recall they filtered into the area around the mid 1700s which resulted in a beautiful culture of music and folkways remaining in Appalachia until this very day. -- barbara
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Like many other NC settlers, my mother's ancestors were "Scotch-Irish" but they never considered themselves Irish for some reason. But they all had red hair.
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