Dolly Pardon has said that one. I first learned it from an interview someone I have long forgotten the name or network of conducted with Dolly. Pretty funny.
My momma used to say she felt worse than a dog pooping peach seeds! I just said that the other day! Lol! Great video! Enjoy seeing Melody with you! She helps make your videos fun! Loved this! So fun! Thanks Shane & Melody! Bless y'all!
I am considering getting something I really do not need, I might say "I need that like a hog needs a Bible". LOL! I rode the school bus from Lake Park with a Billy Simmons. My memory of him was that he was such a nice person. You appear to be much younger than me and Billy but you have to be related to him. The resemblance is so strong.
Hey Shane. A great big shout out to y'all for your wonderful work on the Appalachian Project. It is so important to bring to light the Appalachian culture and beauty. I spent a great deal of time growing up in the Allegany mountains of southwestern New York State. I believe that may be a portion of northern Appalachia. My wife and I will be travelling to your next of the woods in September. So looking forward to it.🛣
u 2 r awesome togther on here hoping we all see more video's of u all doing these togther 2 points of view's & she's sweet on u we can all tell if u look long enough she can't keep her eye's off ya shane u r the man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love the video's here keep em roll'n on here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 how & where u 2 meet up ( tell us the cool short version some time her side & your side of meeting each other !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG I know these! My grandparents were from West Virginia but moved to Denver. I was born and raised in Denver but I remember my grandparents saying these sayings. I still say some myself. I would love if you would tour Ansted, WV. and Winona, WV. My dad was born in Winona. I've been back twice. Once when I was 6-7 years old and again in 2011 at 40. I was supposed to drive the car down one rode and up the next "holler" but I missed the turn. I went to the top of the wrong one before I realized I was lost. I had to turn around in the road. Quick as lightening, people came out on the porch to see who I was and what I wanted. I had to tell them my cousins' name and aunts' name and ask how I get back over to the right holler. They were nice once I explained who I was and why I was there.
I live in Oxfordshire uk , I’ve heard most of these and they’re still used by the good old boys ( local for generations ) from what I’ve researched the Appalachian dialect is based on old English I.e poke (bag) understand everything they say in the old clips
Yes, I’m glad to hear these are familiar. My family heritage traces back to England and it seems Appalachia has kept many of the traditions and sayings.
The one I heard a lot growing up was, "They have more ______ than Carter's got liver pills." (Fill in the blank for whatever the situation is.) "Grinnin' like a possum" is another favorite. I just love the way we talk! PS Has anyone heard the terms 'forty-eleven' and 'fifty-eleven'? I still use those all the time.
those were some great ones, I really love grinnin' like a possum. I have heard "forty-eleven" (I'm thinking they pronounced it forty-leven or some such).
"Once in a Blue Moon"...Something that rarely happens. A Blue Moon is the second full moon in the same month which happens every 2-3 years. Earl Thomas Conley from Northern Appalachia in Ohio had a hit song by that name.
Good stuff y'all. Miss Melody does brighten the scene and she seems to liven up ol Shane as well! Enjoyed it. I was thinking "how much fun would it have been if Melody had a list too?"
How about “quit that messin and a gommin “ 🤣. I heard that a lot more than I should’ve growing up in Harlan County Kentucky ❤️. Also my granny always said “that’s a quare looking thang” quare meaning weird lol. “Lordy Mercy Youngin” - ur in trouble “Hippol or hip old” meaning lazy “A few bananas shy of a fruit basket” - nuts lol “I ain’t seen you in a month of sundays” - long time “Tighter than a banjo string” And great sayings…I’ve definitely heard every one y’all said :)
The first twenty seconds, I couldn't stop laughing. You guys laughing made me laugh & I didn't even know what I was laughing at. I had to keep restarting the video so I could focus but it got funnier each time. 🤣🤣🤣
I knew all of those but a couple! One I learned from my husband that I've never heard anywhere else is "tighter than a skeeter's (butt) stretched over a rain barrel."
I have been" madder than a wet hen" several times lol (also used that phrase several times lol) I've heard people say "Lies like a Dog" & "Sick as a Dog" Yes, I'm a cat person lol I grew up in Mingo County where my dad was from & my mom was from eastern KY so I have heard it all lol
Perfectly Imperfect, my Uncle Denzel Dennis grew up in some holler in Kentucky & had a very thick accent. Tire was pronounced TAR, and that's just for starters.
I still say "Madder than a wet hen" and "dumb as a box of rocks". A funny one is "A few fries short of a Happy Meal". That's not Appalachia speak, just funny. A few years ago, I was a cashier at a Kentucky grocery store. An older gentleman bought a few small things and tobacco. I ask him if he would want to carry everything in his pockets. He said: "just put it in a poke and I'll tote it". I did not know what a poke was and he told me a poke is a bag.
"Crooked as a 3 dollar bill" "Tighter than dick's hatband" "So poor they ain’t got a pot to pee in.” "I don't chew my cabbage twice." "Was you born in a barn?" " "Flatter’n a fritter" "Wish in one hand and s--t in the other, and see which one gets full first" "Don't p--s on my leg and tell me it's raining." " As useful as teats on a boar hog" "Slicker’n snot on a doorknob." "Grinnin’ like a possum." "Fit to be tied" "High on the hog" "What's that got to do with the price of beans in Boston?" "Can't carry a tune in a bucket" "Fell down the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down" And my favorite "Couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel" Just a few of the more PG-13 ones. Alot of the ones I heard my paw say I won't repeat in mixed company.
I love your accents and this was a funny video. I live in Oklahoma, so we have a lot of funny expressions too. I recall my grandparents using some of the phrases you mentioned lol. You should come to Oklahoma sometime and check out all of our Native American reservations and talk to the locals. It's very interesting and lots of different landscapes here despite the stereotype of it being flat. I live in Osage Hills near Tulsa and it's anything but flat which is why it's called Osage Hills yet there's people from other places that will literally argue with Natives about our own land lol. Anyway, you can easily find arrowheads and other artifacts around our creeks and these hills. I grew up hearing the drums from the Osage Indians performing their powwows and it's definitely something I think your viewers would enjoy if you can ever travel here one day. People are pretty nice here too and you can talk to the descendants of the Trail of Tears and how it still effects us to this day.
That sounds amazing! We would love to make it there one day. Hopefully we’ll be fortunate enough to build the channel up enough to go someday. Thank you! - Melody
When I moved to SC, I didn't know what a hose pipe was. Now I do. Also: Well, slap me up against an old hog, and roll me over in the mud. (I'm aghast! Or surprised) You scared the waddin' outta me. ( wadding is used in the middle of quilt making)
Thanks for this, Shane. Really had a lot of fun hearing some of these expressions again. I've heard about two thirds of them before so I guess that aint too bad for someone who grew up out west (my family came from Appalachia though). One of the odder expressions I've heard from my family is "she looks like the wreck of the Hesperus" although I think Mom pronounced it more like "Herspersay" Ever heard that one? It means looks pretty bad or haggard.
I'm from Spain so obviously I've never heard any of these. However, I think most of them would work fine here if translated, our sayings are similar. Here's an example: "Éramos pocos y parió la abuela" (literally: "We were few and grandma gave birth", sarcasm). You would say this when there's already too many people in one place and someone else comes unexpectedly, or when you have a lot of problems and something else comes up.
I heard that all the time as a child which is not a good vision for a kid. Must have ben a popular saying because I grew up in New England, but way back when families did raise chickens and, well we will leave it at that!
"This is only a test...had it been a real situation..." In speech, is 'A-Hill' part of Hillbilly jargon? Don't mean to sound prejudice! If they 'sound stupid' they just might be! Just sayin'!⚘️❤ Thanks, by the way, for your Hillbilly College Education!
showing of the out-house here................... she says to u she used a lot of them...... interresting.... wondering if she traveled a lot & used em when traveling or just a few close to home & other family & distant cousin's & their out houses............................................................................................?????????????????????????????????????????/
Witch side of the mountains do u hail from? I lived in great smoke mountains the blue ridge in North Carolina 2miles from the Cherokee reservation!,I'm in the Piedmont now!
I have a friend from Corbin Kentucky who always said “ he was busier than a one-legged man in a butt kickin contest”
That's a great one
Yes, I’ve heard that one too all the way up in New England 😂
or "busier than a cat covering up s--t"
Dolly Pardon has said that one. I first learned it from an interview someone I have long forgotten the name or network of conducted with Dolly. Pretty funny.
That's Florida Cracker saying. We say that in North Central Florida all the time 😅💕
My momma used to say she felt worse than a dog pooping peach seeds! I just said that the other day! Lol! Great video! Enjoy seeing Melody with you! She helps make your videos fun! Loved this! So fun! Thanks Shane & Melody! Bless y'all!
Thank you so much Debbie, we appreciate it
You two make a great-looking couple. Someone had to mention this, so I nominated myself.
I am considering getting something I really do not need, I might say "I need that like a hog needs a Bible". LOL! I rode the school bus from Lake Park with a Billy Simmons. My memory of him was that he was such a nice person. You appear to be much younger than me and Billy but you have to be related to him. The resemblance is so strong.
My dad was from East Tennessee near the NC border and he said many of these phrases. My friends who always got a good laugh.
If the Lord’s willing and the creek don’t rise
Love that one
Pig in a poke -- you don't know what you're going to get till you've got it!
there you go, a much better explanation
Hey Shane. A great big shout out to y'all for your wonderful work on the Appalachian Project. It is so important to bring to light the Appalachian culture and beauty. I spent a great deal of time growing up in the Allegany mountains of southwestern New York State. I believe that may be a portion of northern Appalachia. My wife and I will be travelling to your next of the woods in September. So looking forward to it.🛣
...and your Great videos and Appalachian knowledge via your Real Appalachia videos!
thank you so much, not sure how I didn't get the notification on this comment but I really appreciate it
Love her southern girl accent!!
thank you so much!
This was a fantastic video Shane hearing those sayings brought back a lot of childhood memories, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it, Chris
Wouldn't hit a lick at a snake -- wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.
another great one
between shane reply here & what u said i thought of yours 1 st to my self.................
u 2 r awesome togther on here hoping we all see more video's of u all doing these togther 2 points of view's & she's sweet on u we can all tell if u look long enough she can't keep her eye's off ya shane u r the man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love the video's here keep em roll'n on here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 how & where u 2 meet up ( tell us the cool short version some time her side & your side of meeting each other !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG I know these! My grandparents were from West Virginia but moved to Denver. I was born and raised in Denver but I remember my grandparents saying these sayings. I still say some myself. I would love if you would tour Ansted, WV. and Winona, WV. My dad was born in Winona. I've been back twice. Once when I was 6-7 years old and again in 2011 at 40. I was supposed to drive the car down one rode and up the next "holler" but I missed the turn. I went to the top of the wrong one before I realized I was lost. I had to turn around in the road. Quick as lightening, people came out on the porch to see who I was and what I wanted. I had to tell them my cousins' name and aunts' name and ask how I get back over to the right holler. They were nice once I explained who I was and why I was there.
I live in Oxfordshire uk , I’ve heard most of these and they’re still used by the good old boys ( local for generations ) from what I’ve researched the Appalachian dialect is based on old English I.e poke (bag) understand everything they say in the old clips
Yes, I’m glad to hear these are familiar. My family heritage traces back to England and it seems Appalachia has kept many of the traditions and sayings.
@@realappalachia The English language has changed so much since the 1700’s however it’s still understood.
In National Lampoon’s European Vacation the Griswolds won their trip to Europe on a game show called… “Pig in a poke”
I had totally forgotten about that until you mentioned it
The one I heard a lot growing up was, "They have more ______ than Carter's got liver pills." (Fill in the blank for whatever the situation is.) "Grinnin' like a possum" is another favorite. I just love the way we talk! PS Has anyone heard the terms 'forty-eleven' and 'fifty-eleven'? I still use those all the time.
those were some great ones, I really love grinnin' like a possum. I have heard "forty-eleven" (I'm thinking they pronounced it forty-leven or some such).
@@realappalachia Definitely pronounced forty-leven, and fifty-leven means it's a lot more than forty-leven, ha!
@@teresadalton741 lol, makes perfect sense
Carter had Little Pills...good for whatever ailed you, especially effective when accompanied with a table spoon of Caster Oil!
That "grinnin' possum" was always in a persimmon tree, thanks Shane for a walk down memory lane, my folks are from Phelps in Pike County Kentucky.
Thank yins for taking me down memory lane as to who learned me these phrases!!😂 I guess we don't think it odd cause it's our culture/ heritage.
That was so fun! Must be so calming to sit on that porch with some sweet tea and enjoy the view because it is relaxing just seeing it in this video.
It is always peaceful and fun
Shakin' like a dog shittin' peach pits/bones.
"Once in a Blue Moon"...Something that rarely happens. A Blue Moon is the second full moon in the same month which happens every 2-3 years. Earl Thomas Conley from Northern Appalachia in Ohio had a hit song by that name.
Madder than a hornet and a wet hen put together!
Now THAT is mad lol
Good stuff y'all. Miss Melody does brighten the scene and she seems to liven up ol Shane as well! Enjoyed it. I was thinking "how much fun would it have been if Melody had a list too?"
Very good point, thanks for the feedback. Melody is a fantastic person and I love working with her, she's a real light in this world.
How about “quit that messin and a gommin “ 🤣. I heard that a lot more than I should’ve growing up in Harlan County Kentucky ❤️.
Also my granny always said “that’s a quare looking thang” quare meaning weird lol.
“Lordy Mercy Youngin” - ur in trouble
“Hippol or hip old” meaning lazy
“A few bananas shy of a fruit basket” - nuts lol
“I ain’t seen you in a month of sundays” - long time
“Tighter than a banjo string”
And great sayings…I’ve definitely heard every one y’all said :)
It sounds like there's a story there, Heather lol
The first twenty seconds, I couldn't stop laughing. You guys laughing made me laugh & I didn't even know what I was laughing at. I had to keep restarting the video so I could focus but it got funnier each time. 🤣🤣🤣
You’re our kind of person lol, we do that kind of stuff all the time
What a delightful gal Melody is
Really enjoyed the video - thank you both!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I knew all of those but a couple! One I learned from my husband that I've never heard anywhere else is "tighter than a skeeter's (butt) stretched over a rain barrel."
That is a GREAT one!
Here's a Yankeeism my friends and I would use sometime to describe a weird person: "One French fry short of a Happy Meal."
love it
I have been" madder than a wet hen" several times lol (also used that phrase several times lol) I've heard people say "Lies like a Dog" & "Sick as a Dog" Yes, I'm a cat person lol I grew up in Mingo County where my dad was from & my mom was from eastern KY so I have heard it all lol
oh yes, you nailed it with the two dog sayings so I can tell you're have some ties to the area lol.
@@realappalachia Absolutely!! Living in Logan County now.
@@Perfectly-Imperfect I love Logan County, need to get back there soon
@@realappalachia Come back soon. I'm sure you will be welcomed.
Perfectly Imperfect, my Uncle Denzel Dennis grew up in some holler in Kentucky & had a very thick accent. Tire was pronounced TAR, and that's just for starters.
My family's from eastern Ky (Letcher/Knott co. line) and I've heard a lot growing up and still say a lot them myself.
one i heard. every thing went hay wire on me. and the trunk of your car was the boot. good time videos. thanks
That's a good one, thank you
I still say "Madder than a wet hen" and "dumb as a box of rocks". A funny one is "A few fries short of a Happy Meal". That's not Appalachia speak, just funny.
A few years ago, I was a cashier at a Kentucky grocery store. An older gentleman bought a few small things and tobacco. I ask him if he would want to carry everything in his pockets. He said: "just put it in a poke and I'll tote it". I did not know what a poke was and he told me a poke is a bag.
lol, that was a great story - I had to learn poke the hard way too
"Crooked as a 3 dollar bill" "Tighter than dick's hatband" "So poor they ain’t got a pot to pee in.” "I don't chew my cabbage twice." "Was you born in a barn?" " "Flatter’n a fritter" "Wish in one hand and s--t in the other, and see which one gets full first" "Don't p--s on my leg and tell me it's raining." " As useful as teats on a boar hog" "Slicker’n snot on a doorknob." "Grinnin’ like a possum." "Fit to be tied" "High on the hog" "What's that got to do with the price of beans in Boston?" "Can't carry a tune in a bucket" "Fell down the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down"
And my favorite "Couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel"
Just a few of the more PG-13 ones. Alot of the ones I heard my paw say I won't repeat in mixed company.
I love your accents and this was a funny video. I live in Oklahoma, so we have a lot of funny expressions too. I recall my grandparents using some of the phrases you mentioned lol. You should come to Oklahoma sometime and check out all of our Native American reservations and talk to the locals. It's very interesting and lots of different landscapes here despite the stereotype of it being flat. I live in Osage Hills near Tulsa and it's anything but flat which is why it's called Osage Hills yet there's people from other places that will literally argue with Natives about our own land lol. Anyway, you can easily find arrowheads and other artifacts around our creeks and these hills. I grew up hearing the drums from the Osage Indians performing their powwows and it's definitely something I think your viewers would enjoy if you can ever travel here one day. People are pretty nice here too and you can talk to the descendants of the Trail of Tears and how it still effects us to this day.
That sounds amazing! We would love to make it there one day. Hopefully we’ll be fortunate enough to build the channel up enough to go someday. Thank you! - Melody
Crooked as a dogs hind leg they’re human 😂
How about: Makin' sure you put some giddy-up in your get-a-long. "Pep in your step", eh Shane?
That sounds like a good plan, Mike lol
When I moved to SC, I didn't know what a hose pipe was. Now I do. Also:
Well, slap me up against an old hog, and roll me over in the mud. (I'm aghast! Or surprised)
You scared the waddin' outta me. ( wadding is used in the middle of quilt making)
How about, " that's about as slick as socks on a rooster. " My grandfather used to say that all the time.
That's a great one!
Thanks for this, Shane. Really had a lot of fun hearing some of these expressions again. I've heard about two thirds of them before so I guess that aint too bad for someone who grew up out west (my family came from Appalachia though). One of the odder expressions I've heard from my family is "she looks like the wreck of the Hesperus" although I think Mom pronounced it more like "Herspersay" Ever heard that one? It means looks pretty bad or haggard.
I hadn't heard that one but those are my favorites - made me remember the ones "ugly as homemade soap" and "ugly as homemade sin"
Kisses from Brazil 😘 🇧🇷
Thank you, hope you're doing well
Here's some more:
cute as a bug,
tighter than Dick's hatband,
ugly as a mud fence.
Thanks Shane, enjoyed this one!
A poke is a paper bag
That was fun, how do Appalachian folks say Sirp or syrup?
Gary Morris, we say surp! LOL!
I'm from Spain so obviously I've never heard any of these. However, I think most of them would work fine here if translated, our sayings are similar. Here's an example:
"Éramos pocos y parió la abuela" (literally: "We were few and grandma gave birth", sarcasm). You would say this when there's already too many people in one place and someone else comes unexpectedly, or when you have a lot of problems and something else comes up.
I love it lol
What about "runnin' around like a chicken with its head cut off."
Man, I love that one...cant believe i forgot that one
@@realappalachia oh, and
" you're preachin' to the choir."
@@realappalachia last one! "I'm sweatin' like a sinner in church"
@@redeemedandblessed lol good one
I heard that all the time as a child which is not a good vision for a kid. Must have ben a popular saying because I grew up in New England, but way back when families did raise chickens and, well we will leave it at that!
My grandmother was from Western Kentucky and she used to say it was colder than a well diggers butt.
A poke also means a bit of a prickly situation.
_Pig in a poke_
You can’t get one red cent out of them and I tend to go off the rails I cuss too much and you go from hard to hardest imaginable
We here in upstate New York use about 90% of what you say in this video!! Funny ain't it..lol
Oh butterface idk 🤷🏻♀️ her body of said woman is ok but her face is in desiring like mine 😂 because lost in translation
Here's a goodun..HitLBAight
love when folks smash a few words together like that
@@realappalachia Thanks Shane.. we love your Channel.. let's us visit towns that we've never seen yet
I had to work on that one. It will be alright.
I ain’t seen you since a can of paint
Pig in a poke could also mean a ham sandwich in a brown paper bag. That’s what my daddy used it to mean
that makes sense, thanks for posting that
Won't hit a lick it a snake means he's awful lazy
I seen the hugest dead rat and raccoon on paycation
"This is only a test...had it been a real situation..." In speech, is 'A-Hill' part of Hillbilly jargon? Don't mean to sound prejudice! If they 'sound stupid' they just might be! Just sayin'!⚘️❤ Thanks, by the way, for your Hillbilly College Education!
That is awful slow person if it's slow as molasses in winter
I love me a banny rooster and I fought and kicked him in self defense every day
showing of the out-house here................... she says to u she used a lot of them...... interresting.... wondering if she traveled a lot & used em when traveling or just a few close to home & other family & distant cousin's & their out houses............................................................................................?????????????????????????????????????????/
I thought pigs were maybe happiest in mud and shit but I’d have to conduct experiments and I don’t like the animals pigs
Witch side of the mountains do u hail from? I lived in great smoke mountains the blue ridge in North Carolina 2miles from the Cherokee reservation!,I'm in the Piedmont now!
she's cuter than a speckled puppy in a lil red wagon.