My Appalachia, A Memoir - Snake Handling and Speaking in Tongues
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In this video series we are reading a book Sidney Saylor Farr wrote about her life in in the Appalachian Mountains and talking about the things that prick our minds as a way to celebrate Appalachia. The book title: My Appalachia A Memoir by Sidney Saylor Farr.
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My grandpa was a holiness preacher, he called himself a teacher, because he taught the word and didn't holler and spit like some of them did lol he never allowed snakes in his church! They called each other brother and sister but never saints. My grandpa was a good man and went over and beyond to do the lords will. Visit the sick and fatherless ! Him.and my grandmother prayed a many a prayer for his children and grandchildren. I miss him everyday! He too was a moonshine before being convicted to serve the lord! Now and again he would tell us about his life of sin and how far the lord brought him. He read the Bible so much that he could quote it word for word and if you couldn't find something in the Bible he could tell you where every scripture was and where to go into the old testament and show reference. My dad's side of my family were devout Baptist, so I grew up feeling comfortable in both!
What a beautiful testimony. The Lord Jesus Christ certainly blessed your family!
My family on my mom's side of the family were Holiness/ church of God families and they taught exactly what your grandpa did.
Don't like all the wild things that go on in some gatherings. I always think," How did Jesus present himself? How did the believers act? " I cannot imagine any spitting,yelling etc went on. You can make a joyful noise (singing) unto the lord . But I also do not like the ear splitting speakers inside.
Sounds like a True man of God, what a beautiful testimony
Thanks Tipper
Thank you for another chapter read Tipper. Was finally able to listen to the video. I was raised in a mountain church.
That was a good read, thank you Tipper. God Bless. Jean
"There's a counterfeit for everything God's got.." No truer words.
This is why I pray for discernment. Because this is a tricky world full of very tricky people. This is the gift I pray for everybody. I feel that if folks can learn discernment, they will find their way back to God. The lambs always come back to the fold..When they are able to see clearly. 💛 THANK YOU, TIPPER. This channel always leaves me with a palpable feeling of peace & contentedness; a cozy aftertaste of nostalgia & smiley. And, a note of Appalachian Pride. I've never felt free to feel that way until your channel.
So glad you enjoy our videos!!
Thanks for the video
It’s an interesting story for sure. I’m getting caught up on some of the readings I’ve missed. Thank you for sharing with us!
happy new year great story
Wow, I have learned about many religions & denominations & cults.....I have never heard about these snake handlers. That's something. I sure am glad I've never seen that! Thanks for the informative reading, Tipper. -much love to y'all ~Mary & fam in NJ
HAPPY NEW YEARS 🎊,have a great day,and a Blessed Year
Only seen a few of your videos but enjoy them. My Dad was from West Ky. which is a ways away but still can relate to a lot of the things you talk about. Wish there was someone who did this from West Ky.
I knew someone that went to a church that handled snakes during their service. It unnerved him so much that he had to get up and leave. I don’t blame him. Thank you, Tipper, for continuing to read this story to us! Bless you!
My mother in law grew up in Ramp WV. She is 88 now…She grew up the holiness church. My children are 5th generation Pentecost. I received the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues 40 yrs ago and have spoken in tongues every day since. It’s the greatest gift I have ever been given. I’ve never attended a holiness church that handled snakes, but I know they exist. I really enjoyed this episode. Happy New Year!
Never knew much about moonshining & snake handling. Very interesting in this book, so now I know a little about it. 😀 I believe that perhaps God gives signs, sometimes in dreams. Thank you for yet another great reading of this very well-written book.
My Grandmother NellieJane had 29 grandchildren! She had a heck of a time remembering names. So she called us ALL Gomer! LOL If she yelled Hey Gomer a ton of youngins would just come a runnin. Then she would say things like you big boys gather wood, you lil girls go collect eggs, Big girls get the big pots out we got cannin to do! Long story short the night Gran passed I woke up set bolt up in bed because Grandma yelled HEY GOMER!! Momma came in the room to wake us all up so we could all go gather round with the family. But there I sat wide awake which startled momma. And I said Grandma went to Jesus momma. she asked how'd you know? I said she hollered at me on her way out! I was 17 I'll never forget that!
Bless you, that's a beautiful remembrance of your 👵 granny 👵 ❤️...........
What a wonderful Granny you had !! ❤❤❤
Love that so much Sheila! Thank you for sharing the memories 😀
Hey I’m from Bell County KY I use to go to snake handling churches. I’ve seen them take up serpents some never got bit others did. I’ve felt the Holy Ghost many times. I also spoke in tongues. I never got to take up serpents though. I’m no longer in the holiness belief. I’m a Pentecostal now. I grew up Pentecostal. I started the holiness churches when I left NY and moved back to my home Kentucky. My husband knew some of the people you read from the book. My mamaw Jane believed in the holiness and snake handling belief. My papaw her husband believed holiness my granny my Mamaw’s mom was southern baptist. Thank you for reading from the book. God Bless you and your family❤
Happy New Year.
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Thanks Tipper for another great read. I'm really enjoying this. I grew up in the Holiness Church, we did not handle snakes. We believe that this scripture means you can be accidentally bitten and not be harmed as happened to the apostle Paul in the book of Acts chapter 28. The bible is clear that you do not tempt God.
I grew up in NW Ga and can remember stories of snake handlers and people drinking poison in church in the late '60s and early '70s.
Oh I agree they had loyalty! And it
pass downs! Still here in county shooting fireworks and and shooting here
I knew the night that my grandmother on my daddy side past away as an 11yr old girl I told my family that my grandmother was going to pass and she did.I know that God gave me that foresight for sure .Just like I warned my momma about going a certain way one day and I begged her not to go cause I had dreamed that she was going to be in a horrible wreck.well she didn't listen and sure enough she was is a very serious car wreck.God was warning me about what was going to happen. Thank you Tipper! I'm proud of mine and my family and friends Appalachia culture .
This sounds exactly like listening to my grandparents talking ( they were lifelong residents of Clay county, Kentucky)especially about making moonshine and snake handlers. I saw a Holiness church in session ( from the road) as a teenager. ..I remember them being really noisy.
Mixing carbide and water makes acetylene gas. My grandparents called those noisemakers " Christmas guns". I also heard them called " fartin' dragons". Looks cool at night.
My grandparents felt you had to be " right with the spirit" to handle snakes or speak in tongues.
To my knowledge, snake handlers are still around...
We lived in a small, rural town when I was a kid. On Independence Day and New Year's, a neighbor would shoot a gun into the air in the morning. He might have done so for Christmas, too, but I'm not recalling.
The lovely account of the Christmas tree speaks so much to the culture of their time. Especially living from the land and being so happy with their little tree, homemade decorations, and the joy of finding their stockings filled on Christmas morning. Their gratitude in those most simple things is a lesson today's culture desperately needs. All the best to you and your family in the New Year ❤️
I loved the simple joy of the tree too 😀
Have seen things that I don't like to talk about but it comes to pass in years later for all of us !!! Like NOW IT IS TO COME TO PASS FOR US !!! Believe me and PRAY TO GOD !!! For all in YOUR FAMILY !!!
I remember that when I was in high school speech class, one student gave a talk about moonshine and explained that one reason that "white lightning" was so dangerous was that lead salts could get into the liquor when such lead-lined items as car radiators were used during the distillation process. Somehow I doubt that the Saylors would have been tempted by such shortcuts, as they prided themselves on making a product they would feel safe to drink themselves.
I really needed this soothing time of you reading. I had migraines to day. I took a couple of ES Tylenol, turned off the lights and snuggled down in my recliner and listened. My paternal grandmother was Holiness. She was strict! One of her sons became an EUB pastor before they merged with the Methodists. I have been to Pentecostal churches, but trust me…snakes and poison would be deal breakers!! 😂 Thank you so much for reading to us. ❤
Hope the migraine is long gone now 😀
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Tipper, I love this book and how you are sharing it with us. I can relate to all of it but the snake handling in particular. I was always aware that it was practiced in the mountains in Virginia. I have some letters that my father sent to my mother during WWII. They were dating before he went overseas and he often asked how the young people at home were and what she was doing on the weekend...such as, were the girls going to take the train down to Coburn to get their picture taken or were they staying home and meeting down at the theater for a movie and an ice cream cone. In one letter, he asked if they had gone to the snake handling church the weekend before. I asked my mom about it and she said that they did. It was a form of entertainment for them, I think, and seriously forbidden by their more 'traditional' Holiness parents.
I saw an old documentary on these churches a couple of years ago. There was a younger preacher/church leader/snake handler who was focused on quite a bit in the film. I later found out that he was the strange little boy who live on the hill across from from us when I was growing up. He was an only child, a couple of years younger than me and he never seemed to find his place with the other kids. He was timid and seemed far younger than his years, being very attached to his mom. I have memories of his mother singing and it echoing across to our place. Not hymns, as you might think, but the one same song every time, which made a big impression on me and my young ears. I can still hear her now, sixty plus years later... "I feel so fine, little boys are on my mind. Honey, won't you hug me, Honey, won't you kiss me, Honey, won't you please be mine?" It even made an impression on my baby sister, who I caught singing it, at no more than four years old. I realized as I got older that perhaps she wasn't quite right in the head, as the locals would say. Or just coping with life, however that might be. I know she was whispered about and I don't recall his father being there. And I realized that he probably had a very different childhood than most of us. And wished that I had made myself a friend to him. Well, watching this documentary showed me that he did find his place among friends of his choosing... and felt respected for his life's calling...be it in a snake handling church.
Tipper, you are making all these old memories flow. My British husband of 32 years still doesn't know what to make of it all. I had him a nervous wreck before the first family reunion that I took him to. He knew I had a lot of preachers in my family and that the meal was prayed over many times before the food made it to our mouths. I told him that he had nothing to worry about but that they might all lay hands on him at some point and pray for his speech impediment (accent). He spent the entire day on edge, just waiting for it to happen. ☺
Life has never been dull in our Appalachian mountains and I expect never will be...
Thank you Glenna! I loved reading your memories!!
@@CelebratingAppalachia I am so homesick most of the time but your family just draws me back into the circle, not just in my memories of people, places and ways, but of how it used to feel. Like listening to an old song and it taking you back to your youth, springtime, first loves and driving down a country road with it playing on the radio. Thank YOU, Tipper, for creating, sustaining and sharing this wonder place for us all to come!
Took me awhile to get up the nerve to listen to this one because of the snakes! The picture on the video was enough to scare me off - I do not like snakes at all so wasn’t sure I could handle it but turned out as good as the others! Thanks Tipper and Happy New Year to y’all 🎉🎈🎊
I’m Catholic so we have charisms (what we call spiritual gifts like tongues and healing, etc). I don’t know how the charisms work in the other faiths but I’m sure some are legitimate. St Benedict drank ill was poisoned one time and he blessed the cup before drinking and so therefore the poison didn’t have any effect on him. There is a St Benedict medal that’s supposed to protect the person from poison. We call this a sacramental. And it’s very popular amongst Catholics to wear a St Benedict medal even if poison isn’t really a problem anymore. Anyway very interesting to learn about crisis theology. New to me and I study theology. Thanks for sharing Tipper. You have a good faith and I know you will go to heaven for sure!
My mamas family were all ministers and missionaries in the penicostal church they believed in speaking in toungs but not snake handling . Some of the non believers in that community referred to them as holy rolers. My daddies family went to the baptist church when they did attend. I was and still am leery of snakes. Mama scared us good about snakes and scorpions and spiders . That has stayed with me all of my 73 years as of today.
My daddy was a career military man. He had a friend that had been a paratrooper in his squadron. One day he invited us out to his place for a picnic. Oh Lord they lived about ten miles down a dirt road in eastern Tennessee. They belonged to a snake handling church. We went to an evening service. Scared the beJesus out of us. I had nightmares for months after that. I believe I was 8 or 9 at the time. He got sent to Viet Nam with my daddy. He did not come home, sadly. He stepped on a mine and died in my daddy’s arms while they waited for the medivac. Thankfully He died a very devout man as was my parents and all of us. Faith is the glue that holds a family together.
Thank you for sharing his story!!
I grew up in a small coal mining town in West Virginia. One set of my grandparents owned a beer joint and my other grandpa was a Pentecostal preacher. On Sundays we would go to Sunday school and then walk to the bar. My grandma would make us root beer floats, we would play the games (pinball, pool and shuffle board) and the jukebox. That old church and tavern are no longer standing but they were two of my favorite places. My grandma who ran the bar is still alive at 96 years old and she’s got some crazy stories.
When my nephew was young he got lost in a big amusement park. God told me where to look and I found him, unharmed.
I trust premonition to be strong!
Tipper I believe in God My Father in HEAVEN JESUS CHRIST !!! But I know the languages of English German Polish French Jewish plus Japan also with Korean with Vietnamese also !!! My Son says there are times at night I speak in tongues but I think I am just going from 1 to another language like I was talking back and forth !!! So it is something !!! I don't handle snakes but know that they eat mice and other critters in the fields that need to be eaten !!! I love the way you read to me it is awesome cause it is something that we all need in life !!!
I just finished three years working as a hospice social worker (during the pandemic). You can tell who is strong in their faith when someone passes away. I know helping families with "life's transition" made my faith twice as strong! Good video. THX!
I so admire your being in that profession!! Thank you for watching 😀
Thank you for your service, God bless.😀
It takes a certain type of person to work as a hospice social worker. Thank you!
Thank you for you do! ! I just had family member pass away, that is great! Happy New Year! Blessed 2023!
I was raised in a holiness church. My grandpa was the preacher and they did speak in tongues but they didn't handle snakes. I'm from Harlan county KY. And I did go to a church once where they handled snakes. I sat in the pew with my feet in the seat. The guy who got the snake out did get bit that night.
I’ve heard of Jolo Wv all my life, I meet the preacher many times he worked at the Krogers in Richlands Va. and was missing several fingers due to snake bites. I have passed the church many times and always get chills (I’m scared to death of snakes) I always lift my feet off the floor boards lol.
My Mom used to get signs of things happening but had to ask God to remove the gift due to the sadness it was causing her. Thank you for the continued story of Sidney and her family I look forward to it every week and can't wait to find out what happens next or for the next story after this one is done.
I hope You and Your Family have a Wonderful and Blessed New Year!!😊🙏🏻❤🎉
Happy New Year Tipper, Matt, Corey, Katie and the rest of the family and thank you for all you do.
There was a Holiness church in my town that handled snakes...we never went, but when I was grown, I did attend a few informal meetings with faith healers who spoke in tongues... very interesting indeed! I grew up being taught that you don't test God as the Bible says... and some folks say you don't tempt fate. Anyway... Thanks Tipper for reading this wonderful story that's bringing back many memories. Happy New Year everyone! 🎄☃️🎄❤️
I use to deliver countertops to cabinet shops and one of my customers was a preacher who went to a "Snake handling Church" As I am a minister he was always inviting me to visit. I finally went to church with him. The snakes were kept in boxes under the back pews. I sat through a really good service, not a snake in sight. Afterwards he lamented that he was hoping they would have brought the snakes out. I didn't tell him but that didn't bother me one bit. Fine people that practice what they believe. Their former Pastor died from snake bite. They said he lost his Faith. I reckon when I have faith enough to take up a snake I'll have room to judge for doing it. Thank God He's never asked me to and I ain't volunteering.
I grew up in a holiness church and my brother is a Pentecostal preacher. We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. I love going to a full gospel church service! My daughter says we are going to throw down..lol. Probably not for everyone as I believe we should work out our on salvation because only belief in Christ saves. No snake handling in our church.
Interesting story,Tipper. Thank you for sharing. I pray you and yours will have a blessed new year.
Tipper, I enjoyed your reading and comments. I grew up in the Lookout Mountain area so I am familiar with the things you read and commented about. I too didn't attend the holiness group but I have heard about it all my life. I am a Christian and have gone to church all my life, so faith and loyalty plays a big role in my life.
I’ve never been to a church that had snake handling or anything like, but lived near churches that did! I wouldn’t be comfortable doing that! Thanks for the reading…love hearing you read! Look forward to the next session! God bless and lots of love! 💕🤗🙏🏻
Thank you for watching 😀
I have attended Pentacostal church all my life. Never have seen anyone with snakes.
Long story short he ran a thumper he ran a malted corn recipe. Good stuff
I live in what they call Ozark Mountains... Missouri. We have lots of people around here shooting guns and lighting fireworks during Christmas and New Years! Maybe it's a country, people thing? They can't legally do it in the city here. I imagine no city anywhere would allow it.
This sounds just like my mom's family. My grandma was the most God fearing woman I've ever met.
The old religious teachings were not part of my upbringing but that does not mean I do not believe in them. We are each best to follow what has been given to us.
My great grandpa was sent away from Breathitt County KY because his mother thought it was getting too dangerous with moonshiners in the area of Troublesome Creek Holler. He moved to the Allegheny Plateau in Ohio. She was a granny woman. I’d love to hear about granny women at some point on your channel!
So glad you have those stories!! 😀
PerksJulien, I’ve never heard of granny women. What type of women is that?
There’s a great documentary from my home state of West Virginia. It’s on RUclips called Signs, Cures & Witchery
@@SJ-ni6iy I bought that and some other videos when they were on DVD, now you can get them on RUclips. Interesting well done documentary!
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Granny women, or Granny witches, are a mix of naturopath and faith healer and midwife and primary care practioner and dentist.
Just about every community had one, and they usually handled any medical care that couldn't be handled at home.
Some men are also healers, but I'm not sure if there's an equivalent name. We only had a Granny witch.
My mama told me about the snake handling churches in the mountains and how a friend of my granny’s invited them to one of their church services. Mama was only 12 at the time and wanted to leave right away. She said the preacher tried to lay a snake on her and she was so scared she passed out. My granny picked her up and they left right away. She was terrified of snakes up until the day she passed away. I have never been to a church like that and don’t plan on going to one. We are Southern Baptist and raised our children in the Southern Baptist church. Y’all have a blessed New Year. Hugs from the southeast coast of Florida 😎🦩🌞🦩😎
Thank you for watching Elizabeth 😀
Thank you for the reading!
Another fabulous read ..Tipper .. Southern Indiana , New Year’s Eve lots of bang bangs of noise . I so believe in Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior . I’ve had signs in my life .. and I always believe they’re from heaven
Thank you for sharing this story.
My great grandfather was a distillery inspector before 1919. Afterwards he had a string of stills in the mountains above Canton. He never got caught. My great grandmother made sure every one of her children made it to Sunday school. I'm so thankful her legacy was passed on and not his.
This was an interesting chapter, snake handling would never be something I would be interested in, and if I had to do that to prove my faith, then I guess I would be a heathen 🤣 Thanks Tipper and Happy New Year to you and your family .
Good Morning Ms Tipper! Thanks For Sharing ! Hope All You Guys Have A Happy New Year!
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My son attends a church that handles snakes in eastern Kentucky and I was always told that my papaw made moonshine
I've held rattlesnakes but they were missing their heads.... lol
Very interesting section! Love your reading style!
Thanks Tipper!
Really interesting section of the book Tipper. I think the comment about loyalty is very telling given where the Scots Irish came from. Loyalty was given and received within each and between the wider communities, but was not freely given to authority, due to injustices suffered in the past, whether it was against the crown or the established Anglican church, who refused to allow meeting houses to be built unless the congregation paid yearly tithes to them. I think this distrust of authority is one of the reasons why they kept movin' on, their Presbyterian belief in one true authority in God being their blueprint on how they led their lives. They were rebels long before it became fashionable. This distrust was borne out when George Washington levied taxes on whiskey to help pay for the war against Britain, only the threat of sending the continental army into the mountains to enforce it brought things to a head. The part about whiskey forming part of a family's income rings true from over here in Northern Ireland as well in the past.
None of my relatives were snake handlers. In the 60s there was a Holiness snake handling group in the community my father grew up in. It was just up from one uncles "Junkyard", which was a front for selling alcohol illegally outside of the time the legal outlets had to be closed. also there were some buildings out back which were real "dens of iniquity" , about any kind of illegal wickedness you could imagine probably happened there. My uncle outlasted the snake handlers....."The Law" never got him he was always a couple of steps ahead of them. He also benefited from jurisdictional corruption. It was weird having the two exteremes so close/My grandfather actually made moonshine and did time. We always had a jug off moonshine when I was a kid, A local constable that participated in busting up stills would bring my Father a gallon jug from the best producers. I had moonshine, honey and lemon cough syrup all the time when I was a kid. A few years ago my oldest son was remarking about how nice the AR 15 I made was... I just told him " I am of Appalachian descent, you cant stop me from making guns or liquor if I want to!
From what I read, the ability to not die from a snake bite was a gift the apostles had, but was not passed on to us. Many people today survive snake bites without anti-venin because poisonous snakes often don't inject venom when they bite creatures too big for them to eat.
I remember reading a newspaper article about a man from Kentucky who had gone down to Sand Mountain in NE Alabama to get some snakes for use in their worship. He was stopped in Tennessee. He had the snakes in cages in the back seat. I don't know how the police knew he had them. I thenk they charged him with illegally transporting wildlife or something like that.
A man I knew from Birmingham who had been a college professor who didn't have a good opinion of the folks who lived on Sand Mountain. He told me the people used both hands to shovel food into their mouths when they ate. Sounded far fetched to me! I don't know what caused him to come up with that generalized opinion. I suspect there are lots of good people on Sand Mountain, and probably a few bad, just as there are anywhere. I never got to spend any time there, just passed through on the highway. It is a pretty area.
Happy New Year!!!
i grew up holiness, without the poison and snakes, but pretty much as you read out. Thank you for reading this which portrays holiness without dismay/poking fun/judgemental.
I grew up in Assembly of God churches. I've seen both my parents and my sister speak in tongues. I've also seen someone else in the congregation speak in tongues, and then my mother interpret it in normal English. I have never done any of those things, but my wife can also speak in tongues, but she won't really talk about it with me even after 23 years of marriage. I've also seen numerous people "slain in the spirit" and just drop. Never me. I feel like an outsider sometimes, but something is going on. Maybe? I guess everyone has their limits though---I've NEVER seen a snake in church. Big no-no. Just asking for it.
The lord gave us the power to tread on serpents, don't mean we need to pass them around on Sunday.
Signs....i was living in White GA when my daddy died
I called everyday or so and the last time I talked with him was Saturday and he said you didn't come and I wont see you ever again. I was heartsick and bless his heart he was right. I was at work and I knew I hadn't heard from anybody and couldn't get them on the phone so I called my sister's work and they told me daddy was not doing well and they wanted everybody there. My heart was so heavy and I took off from work and went home to get everything ready for us to go. It took me what seemed an eternity and we never left until about 7:00 p.m. Anyways daddy had joked around that he was going to glory in a spaceship like that cult in California...and low and behold just before we got to Macon a bright light rose up in the sky. My son was driving me in our conversion van and I reached over and grabbed his arm and said do you see that light and he said oh! momma what is that where did it come from and I said my Daddy has died. At the same time my sister was calling me to tell me that he was gone and that daddy had been looking for me all afternoon. I told her about the light and that i knew he was looking to see me coming...the light disappeared as we hung up.
He had been so sick and many weekends I went by myself that 400 miles and I would go straight to see him at the hospital. He'd be sitting up waiting on me and he would always say I can't close my eyes till you get here I would try and make him comfortable then go to Mommas to spend the night.
Thank you Karen for sharing that bittersweet memory!!
Very interesting. A church way out in the country near where my grandmother lived was said to handle snakes and to speak in tongues. We thought that they danced in the aisles and whooped and hollered, too. We called them holy rollers! There was so sign to tell what kind of church it was. We always asked Daddy to go that way home just in case we could see or hear something. We were excited and scared to drive by and imagine what was going on inside. One time we saw some wooden boxes and figured they were for the snakes, and we squealed and talked about them for many minutes. Thanks for the fun memory!
I love this part because I had a family member that was a snake handler and was bitten many times and lived. My mamaw said you best not test the Lord. After 15 yrs of being a snake handler he got bitten and died.
I saw it once when I was small and it scared the pee outta me. I peed right there and we had to leave.We never went to another one.
I love when you read to us Tipper. May you & your wonderful family have an exceptional new year. 🥰🙏
Thank you Tipper Happy New Year to yous all
Thanks Tipper. Happy New Year
Happy New Year 😀
Thanks Tipper very interesting all the stories about the snakes and the religious beliefs God bless
I’m enthralled with these readings! It is such a rich history. Thank you for teaching me, so much. You fill in the gaps of my very limited knowledge of Appalachia.😊🇨🇦
Love your channel! My family heritage is from the Appalachian mountains! My mother made apple stack cakes as well, so good! My Papaw was a pastor and he planted a few churches in the hollers of KY. He spoke quite about snake handling churches, which his churches were not, but he said how they would also “shout” around “hot belly stoves and not be harmed” My husband & I pastor in rural East TN and we hear of those churches near us, still believing this way. We’ve been ask some, “is your church, one of those?!” They're surprised to hear we’re not but we do know a lot of stories! I admire the strengths and strong convictions of the “holiness way of life”! My mother never wore pants, but she wasn’t critical of others, it was just her holiness faith. I SO enjoyed hearing these stories you share! You do a beautiful job reading and I thank you for preserving “the old ways”! Your channel is a real blessing!
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Shooting guns and fire crackers on holidays seems to be universal. I live in Los Angeles CA and they do it here too.
Very interesting read! In the area where I was raised, I did know folks that (allegedly) practiced the art of moonshine. In my late teens, I attended a Holiness Church for a short while. It was very animated and some spoke in tongues but no snakes.
Today is 12/31/2022. Time now is1:06PM. I wish you and your family all the best for 2023. Health, happiness, laughter, love, and financial contentment.
I wish the same to all persons reading my comment
I love your history lessons
Thank you
Thank you for watching Larry!!
Enjoyed this video and can’t wait to hear what is next.
Hi Tipper
Very good story ...I love how she went out and chopped a small tree for the house , and they decorated with paper and whatever they have , she thought about her family to bring them happiness 😊. The part of the story I didnt like is the snake stories, I was raised a Catholic. Baptist a catholic and never had snakes in my church . I heard about this and I say to each it's own . However. Love the story , and when you read to us it comes alive. Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family and Granny too.hugspatsy
Thank you Patsy! Happy New Year 😀
I enjoyed the description of the moonshine making. Thank you for reading Tipper.
Thank you Robin 😀
🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR, Tipper, Matt, Corie, Katie and Austin! From Sue in Plymouth Ma. 🎉
Holiness, Church of God, and Baptist was the way I was raised. Speaking in tongues was normal in all 3 at that time.
Very interesting! I’d like to hear more! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
They sure do shoot out fireworks and guns both at Christmas and New Year’s here in Lake Lure NC
Love my neighbors as myself is my personal choice for overruling pesky demons.
I have been around moonshine all my life well not so much now, but when my uncle Clarine was still alive, he would get me a jar of good Kentucky Sipin whiskey when I had to go home. I used it for a hot drink when my family got sick, with my daddy's fresh honey and some lemon and other herbs. My cousin Jeff was a ceiling poker in the mines, his job was to go in before anyone and check the overhead of a newly blasted mine. He went in one morning and next thing you know there was a loud rumble and a crash, no body herd even a scream come out of that mine because the whole roof of that mine flattened him, thank God Jeff never knew what hit him. He was my cousin and my best friend I always wondered'" why Jeff"? If you go to Clinchco V.A. Out in front of the post office you will see a monument of miners who have died his name is there, Jeffery Lyle. as far as the snake handling goes some boys would go and catch rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouths and sell them to those Churches for good money. I can catch a snake before you can see me move. But I am not stupid enough to challenge God I figure he gave me the brains to know they can kill you; I should be smart enough to leave them alone.
I'm so sorry Jeff was killed.
Hi Tipper enjoyed the story have a day love 😍 from TEXAS
I am certainly enjoying this book. I have heard of snake handling churches but have never seen it done. I have also heard of the churches that speak in tongues & jump around & shout & so forth, but haven’t seen anything like that either. But it is interesting to hear about them.
If we believe in God he will give us signs. They may be of impending danger as it was in my case. Or it could be of a wonderful blessing. As it was in my case also. Thank you for helping me keep my scotch Irish and German roots alive. So quickly we forget our past and upbringing and the God that makes everything possible. Thanks again and happy new years. I hope that this will be your best one yet.
. Thank you Tipper, it's story time for me. It's been a long, rather eventful day at work. So glad it's over.
Hope today is better 😀