Things only people from the South know

8-27-03 | Unkown

[WKB]

Dasn't


I remeber "daresum" used in that context!

[WKB]

someone being "a mess"

I get called that a lot nowadays!!

[potlatch]

LOL!!

[bourbon]

Shorty McWilliams was a major league football stud. Wasn't he one of the few if not the only players in NCAA history to be a 2-time All-American for 2 different teams (Army and MS State)?

I'm going to have to sit down and wade through this whole wonderful thread. Unfortunately, I've been too busy to follow it as it has grown.

BTW, I hope you stalwarts are mining this thread for more MS Freepers to add to the ping list. :-)

[don-o]

"jawja" for Georgia

I've heard it prounounced "Georgie."

I believe Bobby Dodd said that he coached at Georgie Tech. Of course he was an upper east Tennessee native.

[Mo1]

I was telling Mr. Mo1 about this thread .. he's from Alabama

Well, I was asking him about Polk Salad and he mentioned this was one of the best songs about Polk Salad

Wow .. this song was a tough one to find

Poke Salad Annie by TONY JOE WHITE

[Just_de_facts]

No but it had a Magnolia flower and a front view of the
Governors mansion on the front I believe.

[Just_de_facts]

Yeah they have them, but not any Piggly Wiggly or Sunflower
stores.

[WKB]

I didn't know this line was in Poke Salad Annie

"This page is not available. "

The link doesn't work for me

[WKB]

BTW, I hope you stalwarts are mining this thread for more MS Freepers to add to the ping list. :-)


We may have to lower our standards or entrance fee.

[Mo1]

You have freepmail

[oyez]

Dr. John Knox Bettersworth. I woulndn't have remembered either except that I noticed in the Clarion Ledger last week that Ann, his wife had passed away.

[oyez]

Then there is "yes 'sum".

[blam]

"You know, I never thought I'd consider a panhandle summer to be mild. "

It sounds terrible over there. This area had the rainiest July ever recorded. Hot & humid.

[WKB]

I noticed in the Clarion Ledger

I hate to correct people he correct name is "The Clarion Liar"
:>)

[WKB]

I am listening as I write. Don't worry
about a little mess up. You are talking to the king of mess us.

Thanks I love that song!!!

[Oorang]

As I understand it, cracklin' is the crispy pork skin that you get from roasting a whole pig. At a Southern pig pickin', you pull it off the pig when it's done, you chop it up and you put it out so everyone can help themselves to a piece.

I love cracklin and remember my Mom and Grandmother making it when a hog was butchered. But, now I am confused.

I thought that the crispy pork skin was pork rinds and cracklin was from rendering leaf lard (the fat around the pig's kidneys). This fat was the best of the best and the lard you got was only used for pie crust or any fine pastry. The "crunchies" left from the rendering were the cracklins that were much smaller (and better) than the rinds.

Anyone else remember this from days of yore?

[Mo1]

Thanks I love that song!!!

So does Mr. Mo1 .. I never heard of that song and it took me forever to locate it on the internet

Glad you enjoyed it

[WKB]

I looked around that site and found several songs I really like.

Right now I am listening to "The Snake".

Do you know that one?
Thanks again

[mafree]

"I thought it was Lowell, Alabama, based on the words in a James Brown song. Maybe he meant Lower Alabama."

Sorry, don't know about that.

No problem-- it was a lesser known song of his.