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

Category: Virginia

He lubricated the grass in front of me with real tobacco juice

I played opposite Booker T. Washington who chewed real tobacco. He lubricated the grass in front of me with real tobacco juice.

We played whip-crack. You line up in a line and the person on the end really got it. You run with them and you come around and snap them.

Doctor Thomas Walker was a friend and confidant of Thomas Jefferson. He discovered the Cumberland Gap (long before it had a European name).

Lost under 70 feet of water in the New River. The place is known as Dunkard Bottom today but to its residents, it was Mahanain.

I don’t remember the names of any in these stories. The old folks used to tell us kids these tales at night as we sat before the fireplace.

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