Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

“Oh, I wish I was single again”

When I was a single girl, I went dressed very fine, Now I am married and have a drunken man to mind. Oh, I wish I were a single girl again.

“Is that so?” I inquired. “Yes, I’m supplyin’ at a country church on a Sunday,” he replied modestly, as he continued his hair cutting.

One year Mom saw a coat in town and she wanted it so bad. Dad told her it was more than he could afford. He knew she wanted it…

Drop by and say hello to the folks in: Sweet Lips, TN. Toast, NC. Typo, KY. There’s a world of oddly named places in Appalachia.

During the Great Depression the Coca Cola Company solidified the image of Santa Claus that persists to today.