At the beginning of my dissertation, I quoted an article from Ford (1962) about the culture of poverty that continues to exist in the eastern appalachian region of Kentucky. His premise was that this was a learned behavior and that most from this area were illerate and uneducated. This of course not my words, but [...]
Rest of the Story ...we moved from johnson co. to columbus ohio when i was about ten years old after thirty years in the city working in columbus you got up at three in the morning you was on the go full speed ahead all day . I was in lawrence co. visting met my wife of thirty four [...]
Rest of the Story ...I just finished watching the movie Coal Miner’s Daughter. Its a movie that I have watched many times over. I guess you could say that I’m a little obsessed with Mrs. Lynn. She grew up about 40 minutes away from where I did in Johnson County, Kentucky outside of Van Lear in Butcher Hollow. That in [...]
Rest of the Story ...I was watching a documentary on Appalachia and one of the things they talked about was the fact that the people almost always return home when they move away and they did not know why. They talked about how people used to go to bigger cities for work and then bring their families back to the [...]
Rest of the Story ...You have heard it said many times, and so have I: “Oh, I love to read but I just never have the time.” I reject that statement–a false premise from the word go. Any omniverous reader will support my contention that if you are a reader, you will read–regardless of time, place, or circumstance. It [...]
Rest of the Story ...Gymnocladus Dioicus, also known as the Kentucky Coffee Tree, has been deemed suitable for urban planting. The plant got its local name when early Ky Settlers noticed that the seeds of the tree resembled coffee and roasted them for that purpose. The “coffee”, when drank in large quantities, was poisonous to its consumer. The Ky [...]
Rest of the Story ...Many people have wanted to know more about Christy H. Sweeney, out of whose mind this site was born and developed. There are a lot of things I could say about her, including some of the things that you have read in the newspapers about her dedication to preserving Appalachian History. Christy is one of [...]
Rest of the Story ...AppalachianFolk.com has been featured in the Fulton Kentucky News. To read the article please click on the following link: http://www.fultonkynews.com/newwebsite.html  New Website Preserves Appalachian Past and Culture through Storytelling  A collection of stories and photographs about the region, the recently launched website AppalachianFolk.com gives readers the opportunity to share, learn, connect, and remember [...]
Rest of the Story ...I am going to try to tell this story as close to the way it was told to me as possible. I was told the tall tale when I was probably 8 or 9, maybe even a little younger. It was told to me by Carolyn Parsons who raised a large family on Mill Creek [...]
Rest of the Story ...www.imaginationlibrary.com 1996, Dolly Parton launched an exciting new effort to benefit the children of her home county in east Tennessee. Dolly wanted to foster a love of reading among her countyâ??s preschool children and their families. She wanted children to be excited about books and to feel the magic that books can create. Moreover, she [...]
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