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Blind Pig & The Acorn
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Group dedicated to Celebrating and Preserving Appalachian Heritage and Culture
Website: http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com
Members: 7
Latest Activity: Jan 26
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Brand New Tennessee Waltz Video
The Blind Pig and the Acorn gang recently released a video of Brand New Tennessee Waltz, written by Jesse Winchester. I think you'll enjoy it. They have more music on their YouTube Channel. If…Continue
Tags: Brasstown, NC, Blind Pig and The Acorn, Appalachian Culture, Jesse Winchester
Started by John Dilbeck Jan 26.
The Pressley Girls sing Undone In Sorrow
Back in June, 2011, the Pressley family hiked a couple of miles into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Little Cataloochee Baptist Church, which is now part of the park. While there, Chitter…Continue
Tags: smokies, smoky mountains, songs, Appalachia, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Started by John Dilbeck Aug 7, 2011.
Make Do Recipes
On her Blind Pig & The Acorn blog this morning, Tipper posted another make do recipe: …Continue
Tags: blog, recipes, money, depression
Started by John Dilbeck May 13, 2011.
How we talk in the western North Carolina mountains 1 Reply
As with many regional dialects, the folks in the Appalachian mountains used to have a very distinctive form of speech that is starting to disappear as more of us are exposed to things such as…Continue
Tags: North Carolina, video, talking, speech, dialect
Started by John Dilbeck. Last reply by John Dilbeck Mar 22, 2011.
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Comment by John Dilbeck on November 11, 2009 at 10:38pm -
Good evening, Tipper.
Thanks for starting the Blind Pig & The Acorn group. I'm looking forward to participating here.
My Mom and Pop were almost old enough to be my grandparents when I was born and I learned a lot about Appalachian heritage from them.
Until the day he died, Pop called a sack a "poke." One day, in a grocery store, he told the young clerk that he needed a poke for something he had just bought. She looked puzzled for a moment and then said, "OK." She leaned forward and gently poked him in the ribs! You should have seen the look in his eyes, then he started laughing and said, "No, I need something to put those vegetables in."
Years ago, when I was first thinking about moving to Murphy, I read the entire Foxfire series of books and still have them. Your blog, the Blind Pig & The Acorn, reminds me of those books.
All the best,
JD
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