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January 11, 2007 Buried alive / Funeral practices

“Daddy, that man ISN’T dead!”

My father left the room for a few minutes, and while I was waiting for him, the quarters fell off the person’s face and the sheet moved!

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Stockholders of Weston Glass Company, ca. 1920
January 10, 2007 Glass industry / Manufacturing / West Virginia

The hills are alive with the sound of glassblowing

Louie Wohinc dominated central WV’s glass industry in the 1920s and 1930s. His factories produced 144,000 pieces of glass every 24 hours!

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January 8, 2007 Appalachian music / Ballad singers / Love and romance

“Oh, I wish I was single again”

When I was a single girl, I went dressed very fine, Now I am married and have a drunken man to mind. Oh, I wish I were a single girl again.

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January 5, 2007 North Carolina / Oral histories / Preachers

“I’ve been told you are a preacher as well as a barber.”

“Is that so?” I inquired. “Yes, I’m supplyin’ at a country church on a Sunday,” he replied modestly, as he continued his hair cutting.

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December 22, 2006 Christmas traditions / Oral histories / West Virginia

She got that coat

One year Mom saw a coat in town and she wanted it so bad. Dad told her it was more than he could afford. He knew she wanted it…

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