Saturday, November 28, 2009

More Southern Expressions that "take the rag off the bush"

The continuing series Southern Expressions that "take the rag off the bush" from the Hill Country column at Monroe Journal includes the following two parts. Click on each URL to read.



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Monday, November 16, 2009

Chaistain Cemetery, Itawamba County, MS

An alphabetized list of names from the grave markers at Chaistain Cemetery, Itawamba County, Mississippi is available at http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/chastain-cemetery-alphabetical-list-of.html

Included with the names are years of birth and death and links to the photographs of the grave markers.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Maxey Cemetery, Itawamba County MS

An alphabetized list of names from the grave markers at Maxey Cemetery, Itawamba County, Mississippi is available at http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/maxey-cemetery-alphabetized-list-of.html

Included with the names are years of birth and death and links to the photographs of the grave markers.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

James Wyatt Spencer, Grave marker dedication service

A photographic essay of the Grave Marking and Dedication Service for James Wyatt Spencer, 1840-1923, CSA, is posted at the following link: Click to read; click individual photographs for a larger image.
http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/grave-marking-and-dedication-service-of.html

Thursday, November 12, 2009

More expressions that will take the rag off the bush

Part 15 of the continuing series, Southern expression that will 'take the rag off the bush' is posted at the following link: http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/part-15-southern-expressions-that-will.html Click link to learn about using the circa 1300 A.D. words, hisn, hern, and ourn --- words still heard in the Hill Country reflecting our long and lively heritage to 'Merrie Ole England.' Help keep these words in use by dropping them into a conversation with your friends soon!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Southern expressions that 'will take the rag off the bush' continues

Part 14 of the continuing series, Southern Expressions That Will Take The Rag Off The Bush, is my Hill Country column from 11-4-09, Monroe Journal. It can be read by clicking the link below.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

A Poem for Hill Country: Richard Cory by Edwin A. Robinson

The weekend series, A Poem for Hill Country, continues with a memorable poem, Richard Cory, written by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson. To read Richard Cory, click the link below.