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The Knacker Yard

Knackers take on the task of killing sick or maimed farm animals. This one thins the human herd. His job is rudely interrupted in this tale.

June beetles made a sweet sound while flying around. The method to acquire this living music box was to fasten a long thread to one of the bug’s hind legs.

April 12, 2019 Regional food / Wild foraging

The salient feature of ramps is the smell

This is a diagram of the general life cycle of Allium tricoccum—ramps.

March 18, 2019 Appalachian crime / West Virginia

West Virginia bluebeard

This West Virginia based traveling salesman used matrimonial correspondence agencies to ensnare lonely women, whom he robbed, then murdered.

Annual Hog Butchering in Summers County, W. Va, 1907

November 15, 2018 Butchering / Farmers/farming / West Virginia

‘Heave ho, over you go’ – hog butchering time

The scent of locust wood smoke and the sound of crackling fires permeated the early morning scene on hog butchering day.

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The Knacker Yard

The June beetle – capturing a living music box

The salient feature of ramps is the smell

West Virginia bluebeard

‘Heave ho, over you go’ – hog butchering time