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Rover would seize the snake and literally shake him to pieces

And Rover’s efficiency for killing snakes? No member of our family ever was bitten by any kind of a snake in all of the years living there.

January 25, 2018 Appalachian celebrities / Civil War / Memoirs / Ohio / Politics

Every time I attempted to start, my new horse would commence to kick

Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th U.S. President and Union general-in-chief during the Civil War, grew up the son of an Ohio tanner.

April 10, 2017 Easter traditions / North Carolina / Oral histories

You never seen so many eggs in your life as I had

At Easter, kids would hide eggs. Go around to hen nests and get a egg or two every day and hide them so you’d have some for Easter.

Although it was over forty years ago, it is as fresh in my memory as though it were but a day. I remember how I felt, how I thought I never could become reconciled.

Hendersonville, NC's Center for Cultural Preservation

May 30, 2014 Historic preservation / North Carolina / Oral histories

Center for Cultural Preservation highlights Blue Ridge Artists at May 31 opening

Keeping alive mountain heritage through an oral history project, documentary film, public programs, & student programs in the public schools.

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Rover would seize the snake and literally shake him to pieces

Every time I attempted to start, my new horse would commence to kick

You never seen so many eggs in your life as I had

As I think about your sorrow, I have wished I could have taken Beatrice’s place

Center for Cultural Preservation highlights Blue Ridge Artists at May 31 opening