Potatoes- taters or spuds
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Potatoes- taters or spuds
Chicken- "yard bird"
Green beans- "snaps"
My Great Grandfather referred to my cousins as confound varmints :Rofl
Usually after he fell asleep with his hat in his hand and they ran by and knocked it out of his hand
Barnyard Pimp tooQuote:
Originally Posted by KayakJimW
Jail - lockup or hoosecow
A stray dog was called a mongrel
Instigator one who causes trouble for entertainment
Stirring the pot the act of causing trouble or mischief mostly done to tease
Pot liquor- the juice from something cooked in a pot. Greens, beans and such. Surely is some fine eating stuff
Guns especially pistols were called shootin irons
Plinking- to shoot for fun. I have solved a lot of problems plinking at targets
Bumfuzzled, to baffle or confused
Fisticuffs. To fist fight
Flabbergasted. Shocked or surprised
Confound. Used to express anger or annoyance
Yard Bird was also used in Basic Training Camp in reference to an untrained or inept enlisted man. (I got called that many times at Ft Knox :rolleyes: )Quote:
Originally Posted by KayakJimW
Ne'er-do-wells. Folks that are always up to no good
Clothes are “Duds”
Best suit = Sunday Go To Meetin Clothes
Church = Sunday Go To Meetin Place
Dad referred to good clothes as Glad Rags.
Spectacles were glasses
Bible is the Good Book
Struggle buggy an old car the is on it's last leg
Breakfast - Bruffast
Lunch - Dinner
Dinner - Supper
Lunchbox - Dinner Pail or Dinner Bucket
Sandwich - Sammich
Don't forget the little brown paper bags made for lunches I carried Many of those
Hog jowls
Greens (green vegetables) turnips collards
Ho cake - corn pawn conbread
Stump water (coffee)
supper down south. Dinner up north
Dinner down south. Lunch up north.
Breakfast down south. Brunch up north.
Grits and cackle berries(eggs)
Cackle berries
Rooster Bullets
I remember those well. We were supposed to reuse them and after a few uses they smelled like a banana! :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Bob
Not to mention if anything leaked or sweated in them they would dump the contents of the bag at the most inopportune timeQuote:
Originally Posted by BobC
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Originally Posted by BobC
i carried them all through school
I carried them through school also
Bindlestiff, a hobo, so called for the bindle ( the pack on the end of the stick)
Mom told stories her dad hobo'd when he was young
When we were bad, we were "ornery" (pronounced 'ohn-ree') and if we were really bad, we may have to go pick a switch and get our backside "striped"
When I was good (usually the case...) Grandpa would call me "CrackerJack". And if I was really good, I may even get invited to go break off a bit of Grandma's ribbon candy!
My grandma and grandpa stored canned goods, salted meats in the side of a hill, the called it cold storage/cold cellar. It was just mountain stones and mud with a crude wooden door but it was cold, brrr.
Those were certainly good times
My grandparents and parents called pressure cooker a pressure canner. It really hasn’t changed much today I guess. I have a humongous one here that I cannot find a seal for.
Wife said I am going to learn how to can. I have a brand new one still in the box. Had it for 2 years now:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie
You've NEVER heard this one~ Chuggin' a brewski in a BROWN SUIT! =Drinking a can/bottle of Beer "hidden" in a BROWN paper-bag!:Rofl WHO hasn't seen/done THAT in the past/present!??:kewl:biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
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Years ago yes. Even had a cling wrap that went around a can that said Popsi cola. Made it look like a pepsi can.Quote:
Originally Posted by up2specks
Mule —— Jack A**
A Hollow ——-Holler.
That Jack A** is down in the holler agin.
Geezer- a grumpy old man
The Real AMBER Waves of GRAIN !!:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Goesintas- 2 goes in ta 4 , 2 times:Rofl
A mirror was called a lookin glass.
Going thru money like water thru a sieve