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

Category: North Carolina

Which way winter? Watch woolly worms!

Mountain folk use the stripes on the woolly worm to predict winter’s path. Black stripes predict cold/snowy weather, brown stripes, milder.

The book’s appearance coincides with the anniversary of the trek of the Overmountain Men, who made their way from VA & across the Blue Ridge.

Tipper Presley listened to an elder of her community share memories of plant uses. “She seemed to be telling me the old ways are almost gone.

Linda Tate has brought forth gripping pictures of how her female ancestors from 3 generations sought something more than a hardscrabble life.

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

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