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Category: Virginia

Put the children’s packages in their stockings

Well, the chittlings, a part of them Alice sent over by Pete. They were intestines cleaned ready to cut into short pieces to fry. I told Tillie she needn’t fry any for me.

December 13, 2018 Christmas traditions / Farmers/farming / Virginia

It’s only in the mountains that you can raise these fraser firs [for Christmas trees]

Christmas tree growers want maximum new growth to help develop tree shape and density. Fir cones are a detriment, and are removed regularly.

December 7, 2018 Appalachian music / Coal mining / Mules / Virginia

The mule I drove was called Old Red

Folk singers today sing happy work songs about mule drivers & mule-skinners. I wonder if any of them know what driving a mule is really like.

1935; CCC workers digging a ditch in Maryland

December 6, 2018 Civilian Conservation Corps / Virginia / Works Progress Administration

He is now in the C.C. Camp

He got to go to the C.C. Camp by his mother taking him to the welfare office and asking that he be signed up.

Belsnicklers in Singers Glen, VA about 1910; (Photo: Courtesy of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society)

December 4, 2018 Christmas traditions / Virginia

The Belsnickle: definitely NOT Santa Claus

The Belsnickle wasn’t Santa Claus! He was ugly & frightened children. He typically wore a costume made from stockings & burlap or paper bags.

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