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"Fine as a frog hair" and "shaking like a dog ******* a persimmon seed" were always a couple of my favorites.
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Alpo
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Never heard that one. I've heard about the dog passing a peach pit, but never a persimmon seed.
In South Louisiana you'll hear a few people refer to a Crappie but most people call it a Sacalait . Pronounced Sack-uh-lay .
THE PILGRIM
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I knew that!
THE PILGRIM
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Speaking of them wild Persimmons- ugly bitter when green.
But when ripe, absolutely delicious! But lots of seeds.
The ripe ones fall to the ground, so non climbers like dogs can eat their fill.
The dogs swallow seeds, leading to difficulties in passing those seeds.
That’s where the saying comes from!
But when ripe, absolutely delicious! But lots of seeds.
The ripe ones fall to the ground, so non climbers like dogs can eat their fill.
The dogs swallow seeds, leading to difficulties in passing those seeds.
That’s where the saying comes from!
SweetMK
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Less popular than a porcupine at a balloon party,,,,,,,,,,,
Dark As Egypt (moonless night)
If A Man Will Lie To Ya, He Will Steal From Ya.
Like A Mule In The Kentucky Derby
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If A Man Will Lie To Ya, He Will Steal From Ya.
Like A Mule In The Kentucky Derby
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If you could buy him for what he is worth and sell him for what he thinks he is worth you would be rich.
enough food to feed Cox's army
when he dies they will have to screw him in the ground as he is so crooked.
he is working him like a rented mule
enough food to feed Cox's army
when he dies they will have to screw him in the ground as he is so crooked.
he is working him like a rented mule
A “fly-by-night” anything in describing a business that is cheap, shady or inexperienced.
Also, “Indian drunk” and “colder than a whore’s heart.”
Also, “Indian drunk” and “colder than a whore’s heart.”
Some of my forebears would threaten to beat me like a rented mule or a red headed stepchild when I misbehaved as a youngster.
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Once in a blue moon….
Heard this regularly from an old friend in reference to a large-bottomed woman, "If she had to haul ass, it'd take two trips."
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Hi, with respect to Calhoun Community College in Decatur Alabama, South of Athens Alabama. It is located just across the Tennessee River / Lake Wheeler from Decatur. It is adjacent to the local Airport. Locally is was back in the 1990's, referred to as UCLA University of Calhoun Longside the Airport, or University of Calhoun Left at Athens.
Later Y'all
Later Y'all
Sorrier than gulley dirt.
Lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut.
Lower than a snake with a belly full of buckshot.
Lower than whale s___.
Dumber than a box of rocks
Dumber than a sack of hair.
Couldn't find his a_ _ with a road map.
Couldn't find his a_ _ with both hands.
If you asked my grandmother what something was she would say "larroes to catch meddlers."
My grandmother called ironing "rubbing over."
She is so ugly she could sit on a tombstone and hatch haints (ghosts).
She can't help it if she is ugly, but she could put a bag over her face before she goes out or she could stay home.
She is as ugly as sin.
When asking my grandmother where someone was they were either:
Down yonder or
Over yonder or
Somewhere on the plantation
He eats so much it makes him poor to tote it.
A large amount of rain is a "gulley washer" or a "frog strangler" or a "trash mover."
I asked a man that worked on our farm what he was making one day he said "a whirlymajig to grind smoke with."
Lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut.
Lower than a snake with a belly full of buckshot.
Lower than whale s___.
Dumber than a box of rocks
Dumber than a sack of hair.
Couldn't find his a_ _ with a road map.
Couldn't find his a_ _ with both hands.
If you asked my grandmother what something was she would say "larroes to catch meddlers."
My grandmother called ironing "rubbing over."
She is so ugly she could sit on a tombstone and hatch haints (ghosts).
She can't help it if she is ugly, but she could put a bag over her face before she goes out or she could stay home.
She is as ugly as sin.
When asking my grandmother where someone was they were either:
Down yonder or
Over yonder or
Somewhere on the plantation
He eats so much it makes him poor to tote it.
A large amount of rain is a "gulley washer" or a "frog strangler" or a "trash mover."
I asked a man that worked on our farm what he was making one day he said "a whirlymajig to grind smoke with."
oink
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A lot of this sayings many of you think are unusual are phrases that sound normal to me. I guess I'm influenced by my parents who were originally from rural N.C. They were from the piedmont region so their dialect wasn't as Elizabethan as those from Appalachia, but it still had a lot of it. I expect much of that is gone now, as are my parents. Enough rubbed off on me that I've been questioned on it a few times, but mainly by those that had little contact with the rural south. Even today you can find areas of Florida that still have strong accents and regionalisms as long as you get away from the coasts and Orlando/Tampa. I miss the old folks. Actually, I guess I'm the old folks now but it's not the same.
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When I pumped that Shotgun -
He took off like Moody’s Goose!
Flying High and Running Loose!
‘You mean he ran like a scalded dog?’
He took off like Moody’s Goose!
Flying High and Running Loose!
‘You mean he ran like a scalded dog?’
THE PILGRIM
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And always try to Marry a Gal who will inherit some good bottom land.
If you can’t get that done, then marry one with a Good Bottom!
If you can’t get that done, then marry one with a Good Bottom!
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Slicker than snot on a door knob
When getting directions once, the guy said, “Do you know where the Tastee-Freeze USED to be?”
I’d be on that like a duck on a June bug.
I’m in Ga, and pee-cans are usually about ten cents a pound cheaper than pah-cahns….
When getting directions once, the guy said, “Do you know where the Tastee-Freeze USED to be?”
I’d be on that like a duck on a June bug.
I’m in Ga, and pee-cans are usually about ten cents a pound cheaper than pah-cahns….
Ko-Kohler (coca cola) (don't forget the Tom's peanuts and pour them into the Coke bottle)
Are-Oh-See anna Mune-Pi (RC Cola [drink] and A Moon Pie)
Yes, amongst us, we say Pee-Cans.
We only use the term pah-cahns when we are speaking to a Yankee.
Transplanted Southerners try to keep the peace and say pee-cahns.
After all, ever drink a Coke from a Cahn. IT'S A CAN!
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Are-Oh-See anna Mune-Pi (RC Cola [drink] and A Moon Pie)
Yes, amongst us, we say Pee-Cans.
We only use the term pah-cahns when we are speaking to a Yankee.
Transplanted Southerners try to keep the peace and say pee-cahns.
After all, ever drink a Coke from a Cahn. IT'S A CAN!
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"Slap the taste right oucher mouth!" and
I think the whole country asks "J'eet?" instead of "Did you eat?"
I think the whole country asks "J'eet?" instead of "Did you eat?"
