A Book of Sayings of the Appalachian Mountains. “If his brains were dynamite, he wouldn’t have enough to blow his nose.”
“She’s as fine as frog hair split four ways.”
Appalachian English is not slang, it is a living, breathing, time capsule. Due to the centuries-long isolation of the mountains, the language of the Scotch-Irish settlers remained perfectly preserved, echoing the speech of 17th-century England and the royal courts of Shakespeare. The Holler Handbook (Part Two) is your guide to the most visual, poetic, and punchy dialect in North America. Beyond the dictionary of mountain wisdom, you will step directly into the world that created these words. This book dives deep into Ashe County, North Carolina, a land of ancient rivers, copper mines, and rugged independence and features the personal histories of the people who keep this language alive. Discover the stories behind the sayings and understand a culture that is as unyielding as the Blue Ridge itself.
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