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

Category: Folklore

Horace Kephart: A Great-Grandfather Appreciation

“We are, my brother & I, forever looking for glimpses of our great-grandfather,” says Laura Kephart. “He’s been glorified; he’s been vilified.

Ray Hicks was best known for his traditional storytelling and for preserving the original Beech Mountain ‘Jack Tales’ of western NC.

I told you if you got out & built roads & cards and did things like that on Sunday that’s what’d happen to you. The booger man would get you.

At night, when the moon shines and the wind blows, you can hear a voice say: ‘Tailypo, tailypo, now I’ve got my tailypo.’

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