Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Christmas traditions

The “Realest” Artifacts in Our Museum Collection

These toys were played with and loved. Someone tried to repair them when they broke. Maybe the child played doctor and tried to mend them?

This cookbook is a time capsule of our Southern food traditions. While some of the recipes are probably not to our modern tastes, many are.

Christmas in the region has reflected biblical mythologies in combination with local customs, including folk beliefs dating back centuries.

Origins of the plant’s name are vaguely betrayed by some of Greenville’s local landmarks & roads, like Poinsett Bridge or Poinsett Highway.

What did the typical buyer purchase at a country store in Newbern, VA in the mid 19th century? What about at Christmastime?

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