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

Category: Christmas traditions

Christmas Eve at a Lumber Camp

Davis, WV lumber camp woodsman asks Superintendent Danford Blair Smith to write out a dictated letter to the woodsman’s mother.

When Jack was growin’ up, his daddy give him a brand new shotgun for Christmas. Jack was as proud as a peacock over this new gift.

The Creator (E-do-da) had heard their prayers & songs & had given them a gift. The Cherokee kept these stone crosses and always honored them.

Tradition holds that Pudding Ridge, NC, in Davie County, got its name one rainy day in February 1781 during a Revolutionary War engagement.

I want to go back where all the common, everyday towels were made of salt sacks, where there was only one store towel, for the preacher’s use.

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