OLD APPALACIA WELCOMES YOU...
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO THE APPALACHIANS.
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
5. Onced and Twiced are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?
8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.
9. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do something.
10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.
12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'
14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
16. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural.
17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.
19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco, and ketchup.
20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.
21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)
22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
23. You know what a hissy fit is..
24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
25. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!
26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Appalachian friends and those who just wish they were from the Appalachians.
AND one more:
27. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show that stupid possum that it CAN be done!
Lots of you might have seen it on FB!
With this photo:
And for all my very modern Appalachian friends...who have newer hermetically sealed homes perched on the tops of ridges, with driveways that defy gravity, and modern appliances and total air conditioned/heated homes, with hopefully at least a gas log fireplace...you still have to go outside to your cars! Watch out, there are bears out there! But do sit around the fire and enjoy the scenes of blue mountains extending into the distance.
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Winter Solstice is 6 days away!
Today's quote:
There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. -James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)
...an area of haves and have nots. ☃️ 🎄 ❄️ 🎅🏼
ReplyDeleteThere will always be the disparity of living with or without money...and in urban environments you have certain areas to "not go there after dark."
DeleteI love the pagan carol!
ReplyDeleteAnd most of us already fall into the tune that we grew up hearing this time of year. I miss hearing real carols over the radio - may have to find a Christian station to listen to!!
DeleteLove the list!
ReplyDeleteYour post is so interesting and enlightening! thankyou! wishing you and yours a safe and lovely Christmas. Thankyou so much for visiting me at my blog here in summer Australia!
ReplyDeleteThat ramshackle house is the “wash house” on Lydia Mountain. It’s one of the most photographed sites along route 33. There are various legends about it, like being used as a moonshine house.
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