winter Archives - Appalachian History

Old Emmitsburg Rd after winter storm of 1914

When it came to ice skating, Emmitsburg was tops

Winter storms of course meant money for enterprising kids. Work clearing driveways and walkways could be readily found at ten cents an hour.

Lenci Boy and girl dolls sitting together at the Judges' Lodgings, Lancaster

December 17, 2018 Childrens games / Christmas traditions / North Carolina

They did have little dolls for the girls

Mother’d have something special, cook up something special for Christmas, like cakes. We always had cake. For Christmas you didn’t get much.

December 29, 2017 Folk medicine / Winter

Ahh-CHOOOOO !

Aspirin had already been around since 1915, but there were still plenty of folks back in the hollers who relied on traditional folk remedies for colds and flu.

November 17, 2017 Appalachian music / Kentucky / Winter

Cold Winter Shadow

When a cold winter shadow I cast on the ground/ And frost from the foothills is creeping all around/ I now and then glance down the road…

January 20, 2017 Handicrafts / Quilts/quilting / Virginia

Winter’s the quilting season

Blue Ridge VA resident Mamie Bryan quilted during the winter months, setting up her quilting frame in the living room near the fire.

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