Living in Virginia: In The Mountain's Shadow

[@radforddivisionrailfan]

I want to thank y'all leaving kind comments about my grandmother Phyllis and her quilts. I'm her youngest grandson and fondly remember growing up watching and helping her work. She sadly passed ten years ago this July, but her daughters (my mom and aunts) are still quilting and creating other fabric art to preserve her memory and legacy. It really warms my heart to know even ten years since her passing, she is still captivating so many folks with her passion.

[@jimmyraysorrells8415]

Thank you for posting that. Her work (and her mother's) was really beautiful. I'm glad to hear that your mom and aunts continue the tradition.

[@nyk3334]

Can we buy one?

[@jimmyharris2204]

Is she Phyllis 'Dot' Dingus ? If so I'm related to James Anthony Street.

[@radforddivisionrailfan]

Yes, that is her. What was your relation to him?

[@jimmyharris2204]

If my family tree is correct I show James Anthony Street to be descended from John and Jane Runyan Street. Jane Runyan was my 2nd great-grandfather's sister. John and Jane moved to Barnett, MO around 1870 but moved back to Virginia.@@radforddivisionrailfan

[@delrayshaffer6376]

Born and raised in SW Virginia. Have lived many other places around the nation. There are no better people on earth than those of Appalachia. I miss the the beauty and security of the mountains. And I especially miss the cooking!

[@donswank6920]

Mountain people are intelligent and resourceful. Their way of life is sustainable. We will seek their wisdom to survive when our modern society collapses.

[@ifachikfloridianmix]

Damn right!

[@karenchandler4717]

Definitely, totally agree!

[@GreekGypsy]

❤

[@johnbrady1211]

Yep...

[@valerieclaudio6727]

Right On !

[@timrhoads3117]

During the Great Depression many Appalachian Folk moved here to the Great Pacific Northwest to log the Forrest's ! The town of Darrington Washington in the Cascade Mountains was a destination for many ! Many of these families still reside here and are the most honest hard working God loving people you could know ! Loggers are definitely a different breed !!

[@earlphillips9754]

I came home from leave and found my dad had ran a pipe from the spring to the house. No pump because the spring was higher than the house. After I joined the Navy they didn't have anyone to carry water.. Large Hollow right outside of Abingdon Va.

[@anxiouslyautumn2210]

Hey yall!!! Virginia gal here.... My ancestors all came here and resided in the mountains in Virginia and West Virginia, they were known as Hillbillys and Mountain people, they all lived in the Hollows, they were poor and worked hard for what they had an were damn good moonshine makers... I now reside near the mountains my ancestors call home and still have family living there, Don't think mountain people are dumb just cause they consider us "Hillbillys", we are very smart and resourceful!!

[@ghostrider729]

Hell yeah!! I'm from northern Virginia.. been In florida too long.. I miss my mountains!!

[@ghostrider729]

I subscribed .. you're probably not on now but I agree.. u need to video your town n streets n The lifestyle

[@gotoyourroomlove-yourdad6016]

Be proud of being called a Hillbilly. The people that use it in derogatory terms are the ignorant ones. The term comes from Scotland and it was a supporter of William the Orange. Hill= from the mountains William= Billy. It was a name given to educated and politically involved people.

[@reneejr3650]

Im a Chicagoan who'd love to experience Appalachia. I've been told there are few Black Appalachians & its not safe for Blacks in the mountains.

[@dddd7934]

Be proud of your ancestors and way of life. Those people that talk down about mountain folk are jealous. Let them stay in their cities.

[@jkalb1744]

Those quilts are a work if art, they are gorgeous, definitely a showpiece for any room.

[@paddlefoot5692]

Absolutely..Beautiful works !

[@fullofgracehomestead]

Twin is 6 months and a full size a year! A lot of work by hand!

[@lisascott2449]

I lived in the mountains for many years. It is hard living. The winter is long and the summer is very short. The cold eventually gets to your bones. Very peaceful! It’s truly how you make it. You have to walk in my shoes and spend a day living my life to understand. Very hard working people but little pay and work. We grew our own food and farmed our animals. We learned to fix things on our own and only count on yourself.

[@aaronpaul9620]

Where did you live and where do you live now?

[@paulabrown5243]

I would still have loved it, just the solitude and nature would be worth the hardship.

[@jennifermartin3177]

i live on a ridge in west virginia , so beautiful and peaceful. i remember grandma telling me when her youngins were growing up she made the girls dresses out of feedsacks , there was 10 altogether in the family they grew and raised their own food made their own quilts and rag rugs , the only time they would have to buy something from the store as in food would be sugar salt ,pepper condiments,they had a hundred and forty acre farm which was alot of work day in day out. I always wanted to have a farm when i grew up and my daddy always said no ya dont, its too much work it can work ya into your grave he would say. such a beautiful family , they loved one another and respected each other, church every sunday and great work ethics. my dad is gone now and the rest of his family but a sister and a brother , what great memories of the life i lived in these west virginia hills.

[@ncredbird3998]

I still have rag rugs and homemade scrap quilts, homemade candles and soaps, canning from the garden, we make. We still live in the ways I grew up and I wouldn't trade it for nothing. I love my heritage and couldn't live anywhere else. Give me my mountain home always

[@maggieg60]

I grew up, and still live, in upstate South Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I grew up poor, but never knew I was poor or felt poor, since I was rich in family and heritage and tradition. I still have some dresses I had that were made from flour sacks, and I wouldn’t take a king’s ransom for them. Such love went into every stitch. I cherish my memories of my childhood and try to teach my grandchildren the skills and values that I learned then.

[@soulqueen3819]

Sounds good,my late grandma from the country near eastern shore and Annapolis and people in the DMV back in the days all lived SIMPLE lives

[@justasub]

@Jennifer Martin, Thank you for sharing your memories, you've painted a beautiful picture in my mind's eye!!

[@opybrook7766]

And our youngins were too tired at the end of the day on farm work to go get into trouble, too. They were taught respect and obedience, sometimes with the help of a peach tree switch...helped my many youngins grow up straight, hard working and honest. Not a lazy one in the bunch.

[@blueshawll]

Poor in money, but rich in family... I love the culture of Appalachia... loved the story about this little one laying and thinking about the quilt squares. Thank you.

[@lorascelsi8102]

Amen kind people.

[@sunflowerroark5170]

My grandma was born in 1889, and I was born in 1962. I grew up near Hot Springs, Arkansas. We are hillbillies too. Grandmother made homemade quilts with scraps from my clothes. I enjoyed seeing family members clothes in my quilts.

[@nancyhobson9710]

Did the same. We sewed all our clothes, and the pieces of fabric left over became quilts. (Brisbane, Australia) of Irish descent.

[@brett6905]

I think you're right about it being a culture. If you grow up in poverty and everyone around you is poor you just accept it as normal... but if you grow up in poverty and there is a small group of rich families that you witness having all the material goods in the world, that's when the discontent sets in. I think naturally they would be richer in family and community, because those are the people you need to survive, so people to people relationships are stronger. And everybody no matter who you are think of your younger years as a part of your identity, you feel nostalgic, so you want to pass down that culture to future generations

[@ellenfisher6341]

What a beautiful video ! I was born in & live in Central Virginia & have 2 sons who live in the mountains of West Virginia. Many of my relatives lived & still live in those beautiful mountains. These are a beautiful, loving people like you will find in very few places. They are often misjudged & misunderstood. In an SHTF situation, they will survive quite well, while others will suffer horribly.

[@coiledsteel8344]

ellen fisher - You're a Phrophet of the then unknown, CORONAVIRUS CRISIS!

[@sunflowerroark5170]

We were near Charlotte or something like that on graduation night. We ate out, so the mountain people we there eating too because of graduation night. It was really something. Our waitress wa amazing. Her accent was beautiful. I should know because I am from Arkansas.

[@mccarv50]

Thank you for this well produced documentary. I was not raised in the mountains, but my ancestors (both sides) have lived along the Kentucky/Tennessee border since coming down the gap with Daniel Boone. My people are from Corbin and nearby. I learned much from my Grandmother. And there's much to be said for genetic memories. When I learned of my heritage, I was and am proud to call myself, mountain person.

[@debraweaver6308]

LGM...... .My mom is 96 years old. Her ancestors... well, her father was from Tennessee... and her mother was from Kentucky!!! And... It was right along the borders of BOTH states!!! My grandfather's last name was Jones. My. grandmother's last name was Edwards. I am from Ohio ( Akron)... but we would go to Tennessee every single summer and visit relatives in Kentucky, also. Wiggins was one last name... Holley was another. I don't remember hearing about anyone on either side of my mom's family coming from the mountains. However.... that does not mean that there weren't any ancestors that were not! There could have been plenty of my ancestors that were Appalachian people. Very good story. Thank you

[@dianabless7247]

I love this. Back to the basics people.... We have gone way too far from it. Being self sufficient is a rare gem these days. God bless all of them and there is still so much we can learn from them. Great video. Thank you.

[@ladylaois8184]

Diana Bless I totally agree

[@Cbd_7ohm]

Sounds like arguing for low pay and bootstraps. No one is actually fully self sufficient. Your computer was made by someone else. This isn't 1800.

[@zaharadawn2427]

There's not a thing wrong with sewing your own clothes weave in your own baskets and eating squirrel you ain't going to be cold you ain't going to go hungry you don't realize how wealthy you are in life when you have those two things handled it's too less worries on your plate at the end of the day

[@fredsimmons2793]

Amen

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

You're just ignorant. What happened when the squirrels run out or you can't get them off the trees?

[@opybrook7766]

In my church (Conservative Mennonite) all we women make all our dresses and many make families other clothing needs. Our dress patterns are the same. All "Plain" people have this dress code. Our dresses Never go in and out of fashion. They take a decade, some times 2-3 decades to wear out. I also spin fiber into yarn and, though I do not currently have a loom, I have woven my outter clothing such as a warm, beautiful shawl, etc... We can our garden produce which is usually very large. We raise our foods, bake our breads, cakes and make noodles. Many Plain women and girls have learned the art of basket weaving. I would not trade my Plain life for the world's rat race, fashions, television, theaters, fancy auto's, modern technology or anything else it offers. We are content and satisfied. Can the world's people say the same and it be true? We follow the KJV Bible and live as close to Jesus as we can.❤️

[@opybrook7766]

@@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304 You serious think that will happen?🤣😂. It won't. Besides there are other game to take besides squirrel

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

@@opybrook7766 no squirrels for you.

[@Barbarra63297]

I have old feed sack dishtowels, doilies, etc., that my mom made and did some crewel work on some, I don't use them because they mean so much to me. Mom was born in 1910 a farmgirl 1 of 5 children, all the girls learned at a very young age how to do these wonderful things. Thanks for posting this!

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe?

[@barbaramatheney1410]

Folks are trying to get back to this way of living! Interesting that this was a good self sustaining way of life.

[@thomasbaye4805]

I would love to get a doll or two . My family goes back to East Bernstandt , London. Ky. Coal mines and rail road .

[@madamelebuff]

Thank you, that was wonderful! Hi from New Zealand, 2 Islands at the bottom of the world where it took a long time to have supplies shipped to. We also learnt how to make what we needed. We call it Kiwi ingenuity :) It breeds people who look after each other, a great attribute sadly lost in most modern societies.

[@tanjawesseling1904]

KIWI INGENUITY IS NOT AS IT WAS.!!!!

[@emilyflotilla931]

Kia Ora! From SW Michigan!

[@madamelebuff]

@@emilyflotilla931 Kia Ora!

[@justmepraying]

I am 54 and very proud to live in Va. We can get along with little. Know how to make it when times get tough. Growing and canning and hunting

[@stevendeatley4878]

I was raised in Bland ,County Va. and I still live here ,and I don't aim to move away until The Good Lord calls me home .just after I got married my Wife thought eating Squirrel was awful until she tried it one evening just as I was fixing a big pot of Squirrel gravy and a pan of Biscuits and a big platter of Squirrel ,she told me that I was gonna make her fat .LOL

[@dufus2273]

the way life was meant to be lived with respect for the planet.

[@vamountainman2512]

I love Jewell Ridge, VA. I have lived all over the east coast and I would pick nothing over the mountains of VA

[@janaprocella8268]

@@vamountainman2512 are you single ?

[@vamountainman2512]

@@janaprocella8268 No, not single. My life revolves around my Mrs.. Flattered someone would inquire though....... even though I'm not quite sure why you asked ^_^

[@sodbustergrl.]

I always have and always will Love Appalachia and her people.

[@Lena-uh3ky]

🎶Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia - Emmylou Harris . Just beautiful

[@arvieearp7498]

First week I lived in the country neighbors from both sides came over, introduced themselves, offered help, and brought homemade pies and other goodies. Lived in the city in an apartment building for over 10 years, never met anyone friendly or nice except for one old lady who had a foreign accent who I used to give a hand lugging her grocery cart up to the third floor.

[@lorisanchez6083]

Country folk ...neighbors are family..sense of community lost on the rest of people in the city. I identify with living in a townhome for 3 years and only know the dogs of the people..they don't speak or even look at you. Sad state of this world. I miss being in the country with my Great Grandparents as everyone socialized...cared for each other when sick..and shared in the joy of each other's accomplishments..red yellow black or white.. WE WERE FAMILY!!!❤❤❤

[@deborahdehghan2330]

I grew up in Philadelphia PA, South Jersey a bit across the river from Philly, and ended up in northern Delaware where I have been from 1967 to present. But my parents were born and raised in coal country West Virginia. They were married when my father went AWOL from a training camp during WW2 for a very short time to get hitched. So I was raised with examples of their upbringing without even knowing it at the time! There are values, habits, sayings and foods (that often were not present in the people around me) that I cherish and eat to this day. And, in a recent great conversation with one of my now-in-their-forties daughters after she had used one of “those” phrases, I discovered at least a bit of it has been passed on. Going to visit my grandparents in the summer each year was SUCH a treat for me! Learning to milk cows (well, maybe I learned because I wasn’t very good at it), collecting eggs from the chickens, stirring a big pot of apple butter over in the back yard, sitting on rocking chairs on the small front porch and shucking corn or snapping beans with my grandmother. It was so dark/dark at night with no streetlights; the air was so fresh smelling; the crickets were LOUD at night. Soooo good. In 1972 my husband and I bought our first house in a not-new but not-really-old housing development in DE, where I eventually and unwittingly became known as the unofficial local Welcoming Wagon lady!!! All because if someone new moved into the neighborhood I always made a main course dish or a dessert and took it to them, saying that once they got settled in to bring back my dishes for a cup of coffee/tea so we could get to know each other a bit. This was something I grew up with and it came naturally; I was so surprised to learn that it was an unusual gesture! A few years back I was made aware that one of my daughters does the same thing, which makes me happy. Just this past year I divied up the handmade quilts that had been passed down my maternal line (from my great grandmother on down) to my siblings and our children - my mother lived with me for approximately the last 10 years of her life, and she brought several quilts with her. What a bittersweet task it was, but also an opportunity to write down what I knew about each one and about quilting in general. My girls are happy that they have them and so am I.

[@ethereal1257]

Phyllis reminds me of my great granny who also loved to quilt. I wish I could have kept one of my granny's quilts.

[@lanastephenson6174]

Making colorful quilt blocks from mom's quilt stashes made our day.

[@tp5776]

I drove through these mountains in a sports car and thought I was handling the road very well, until a 79 f250 was on my rear andI could tell he wishes I'd get moving. Impressive drivers.

[@jeanlawson9133]

AIN'T IT JUST AIN'T IT 😜 lols

[@brookes.4545]

Shout out to J McCraken! My mom's family is from Cabin Creek! My dad's family is from Madison! I live in Berkeley County now-Thank you for your service, Cousin!

[@philipmcgee5202]

I was raised in north western (Pacolet, South Carolina), dad was killed as police officer in 1963. Mom and I worked like crazy. She eventually earned a Masters Degree in School Counseling and I studied under David L. Clark at Indiana University and earned an Ed.D. in Higher Education in 1978. I returned home and have served several universities. I married an Indiana girl. We became Episcopalians, raised a family and have lived a blessed life. Thanks be to God we live in paradise.

[@cynthiaallen8121]

Philip McGee I know where Pacolet is? I lived in SC for 27 yrs and my husband worked at a chromeplating business in Pacolet.

[@maggieg60]

Philip McGee, I grew up and still live in Oconee County, South Carolina in the extreme northwestern corner of the state in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and it is indeed paradise. I have lived in other areas during my adult life, but I, too, can’t imagine living anywhere else. I cherish and endeavor to nurture my heritage, and I’m so grateful to have grown up as I did.

[@oldblackstock2499]

I know where Pacolet is. Its a town within Spartanburg County, SC. Interesting, but I'm sure you weren't implying that Pacolet is part of Appalachia, because it isn't.

[@philipmcgee5202]

@@oldblackstock2499 Yep and Spartanburg County is considered part of Appalachia. www.arc.gov/appalachian_region/CountiesinAppalachia.asp

[@marydehaan1991]

Never jydge anyone until you have walked a mile in their shoes!! Love this video!!

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe?

[@therydahls2379]

Well done documentary Thank you,our past can teach us "lots" if we only listen

[@sunflowerroark5170]

Lord I pray they do one day. The virus is here now, and I have enjoyed slowing down and cooking at home. I worked in my garden all day. Loving it.

[@citten4u]

I just wanted to say thank you for tell everybody of your life and experiences. I trully believe that the life teaching made you all better people. Thank you.

[@jeannemarie3704]

What a gift! Those quilts are works of art and so are the cornhusk dolls

[@mattlow2199]

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[@patriciapreston8450]

You could not ask for a more loving and hard working people. Of course there are those who haven't had the opportunity for much education. Times are hard and working to earn a living is more important but there are things they can teach us that you won't find in books. When someone is sick or in trouble, they are there to help. No matter what time you arrive they are ready to feed you. If you go into a community with respect and love for the people you will be blessed a thousand times over.

[@mattlow2199]

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[@lisaking8187]

I was born and raised in the mountains of Southeastern Kentucky and can't understand why people see our way of life like it's something strange. yes our people lived hard but we helped each other get by. I love these mountains and wouldn't live anywhere else. these mountains are peaceful the best memories of my childhood was spent in these mountains playing in the creeks . I was raised in a coal camp and we did know that we was poor because everyone else lived just like we did. I wouldn't change a thing about my childhood

[@mattlow2199]

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[@cindygilbert6666]

What a great little documentary, tackling those stereotypes. From what I can see the mountain folks are full of heart, soul and grit.

[@mattlow2199]

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[@charlesdavis7461]

They are very capable of doing whatever they like. It just happens that they love the land where their ancestors lived even before our country's beginning, which to me shows how intelligent they are. People now are discovering their existence would be much better off grid. They are ahead of the times. Country people will survive.

[@janwarriner5037]

Wonderful people!

[@lincolnkarim1]

I was born in Trinidad and spent my summer holidays in the deep south at my grandparents. Their village, Moruga, was very similar to the images I see in the beginning of this video. The people in Moruga were all loving caring people who looked out for each other and lived off the land. I never saw a plastic bag or bowl in Moruga. All they eat was wholesome food that they grew on their land. When the sun went down we went to sleep--no phones, electricity, not even a radio.My generation was taught that this was backward and primitive. They now have the last laugh!

[@jenniferj6580]

What year was this? Why no bowls? Just curious.

[@jami3324]

God bless you all. You are truly the salt of the earth.

[@cathynowak3991]

My family is from there, loved Virginia. Many good memories there.

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe??

[@ladylaois8184]

Watching these educational wonderful videos is so wonderful. I have strong Irish culture from the 1960s and life was tough but music and home grown food kept us going through bitter weathers. And we never got bored we lived wild in the woods and bogs and listening to magically told stories. I’d happily go back to it in a moment. These folk remind me of my childhood happy fit content and easily pleased. Always happy to fall into bed at the end of the day naturally tired from fresh air. Very different now! I know what I prefer x

[@CaptchaNeon]

There are a lot of children in the Appalachia’s in Kentucky that have really suffered. I grew up in the mountains of NC and we didn’t have a whole lot but we never went hungry and I’m highly educated. Despite all of this, I am still often referred to as a “hillbilly” “toothless and ignorant” by people who hear only my voice online. I believe this stigma makes it difficult for people to have a desire to voice their accent and where they are from. Unlike big city folks, much of the Appalachians folk could survive virtually anything because they are well prepared.

[@christinacope562]

Open our mouth, they hear an accent and judge. It always made me mad as a child, I am proud of my accent with a Virginia twang. It makes me unique. Your right that we could survive in any situation.

[@CaptchaNeon]

Christina Cope No one should be judging you or anyone else, I’m sorry people have put you through hell for the way you sound. I’m sure you’re far more intelligent than they are.

[@christinacope562]

@@CaptchaNeon thank you for the kind words. At the moment, drinking tea with honey to get my voice back😂

[@freyaaldrnari6086]

I'm the same way. Educated - but people can't really move beyond the twang. I'm in a poor town... This philosophy I read on posts " being poor ...but being content" is inaccurate. When you're poor, you know it. No one is happy when he/she can't afford basic items...

[@christinacope562]

@@freyaaldrnari6086 absolutely correct. So many of our towns have been left behind leaving no opportunity except to move on.

[@nancyhobson9710]

They might not have had a lot materially, but they had a sense of community.

[@mattlow2199]

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[@BkGreg]

It's great to hear about people making cloths out of feed sacks, my parents were born and raised in Ky. The company's that made these feed sacks found out that people making cloths out of them, so they started putting printed patterns on them to make theirs more desirable. Also I heard them talk about not getting electric until sometime in the fortys, when my parents got married in the fifty, neither of their parents had electric.

[@lolaboden2641]

Very impressed by the unity ,industriousness, and creative. I could learn a thing or two from these wonderful people.

[@roberthill1400]

Greetings from Big Stone Gap Va. A wonderful place to live.

[@Realalma]

Howdy! Both my parents are from there.. I just did my dna test ( I am adopted so I just found out) I have connected with first cousins aunts and uncles who all cried when they found me. So did I to be honest… can’t wait to go there and see them and the beautiful country of my ancestors who arrived as early as 1612. Those people and mountains make my heart long to go home. I have always been a singer .. come to find out many of my kin were professional musicians and singers.

[@barbaraturner200]

I meet people from WV everyday. Most are in college or going on to be something wonderful and to help in this world. They are not actors who only entertain....they are are going to be doctors, psychiatrist, scientists. People that will make changes in this world..

[@mattlow2199]

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[@1958newboy]

Best folk in the world, very down to earth & will take the shirt off their back & expect nothing in return,

[@thomascox6730]

Yeah we would I was born an raised an still live in southern Virginia an I wouldn't change nothen at all we know how to come together when we need to. Being a coal miners daughter an a granddaughter of a farmer I know how it is growing up there this is Savannah an I love my home state but u know there is alot of remedy's that people now an days don't know .

[@tammysanabria1928]

amen!!

[@brand3820]

There’s a lot of people in hell with no shirts!! 😂😂

[@alexandercove1194]

My people are from Bristol, Tennessee side as Bristol's main street (called State Street) as the town sits on the line of Tennessee and Virginia...when back visiting with my mom when I was about twenty my mother advised me to say "Preceate ya"....which means thank you (appreciate you) before going into a country store

[@monicacastro1754]

What shirt

[@born4thstime]

How special. Those quilts are absolutely beautiful!

[@theweakestlink2278]

I've always been fascinated with the history of the region. It's an interesting place. I hate the way it's slowly being changed by all the outsiders moving in. People move there because it's perfect and then almost immediately start trying to change it.

[@o0LoveLove0o]

That purple quilt is amazing

[@opybrook7766]

Mom put "sweet oil" (olive oil) warm in our sore, achy ears then cotton. Worked every time. I did it to my children and grands and of course still use it for myself. I still use scraps to make quilts tho' my mother never made quilts. I canned all our food all my youngins growing years, literally 2,000 jars every year. I sewed every piece of clothing for them, spun the wool into yarn to make their sweaters. I still sew all my own dresses but then I am Conservative Mennonite and we have a specific dress code. I still spin and love it😍. I am 66+ years young now😄

[@mariekatherine5238]

If rather spend my time with these folks than with a bunch of noses-in-the-air pseudo intellectuals. Mountain people are still the best, the toughest, the kindest you’ll meet.

[@monicacastro1754]

Shut the effort up

[@vamountainman2512]

@@monicacastro1754 triggered one pseudo 🤣

[@kiki29073]

I've always loved Appalachia but, then my fathers people came out of their. They had the double whammy on them. They went to Oklahoma before the depression. So they weren't only called Hull Bullies but, they were also called Dumb Okies when they migrated to California during rhe depression. They knocked around out west for awhile then came back to Oklahoma. Made it through the other side of the depression. My daf and brothers joined the militery as soon as they could. They got the proverbial 3 hots and cot while there. One of the brithers stayed on through 3 wars. WW2, Korea and then Vietnam. He retired after Nam. My dad made itbthrough WW2 and half wayvtjeough Lorea was shot and the Honorably Discharged. After convalescing for 18 minths he went back to South zcarolina were he had gone to boot camo and then had been a master Sergeant. He decided to make South Carolina his home.

[@ronnetteharvey2002]

As are the indians of the same understanding

[@darlenehoover6577]

Amen.

[@DeviantMotives]

I’m moving there. It will be a huge culture shock since I’m from Northern Virginia

[@JustforFun-ki6fk]

I also want to move to that area ! Do you know a good town to move to ?

[@christinacope562]

I want to move from Ohio to Virginia where my dad grew up, beautiful mountain area we visited often when I grew up due to the tobacco crop on the property.

[@newriverratsam]

Outsiders moving here are a scourge on the lifestyle of hillbillys.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@newriverratsam You must be one of those blue people.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@newriverratsam sweet home WV

[@micheleann6099]

I am 53, and I remember my mother blowing cigarette smoke in my ears for pain relief. It did work!

[@ellenfisher6341]

I am pushing 70 & remember my Dad blowing cigarette smoke in my ear as well ,for an earache & yes it did work !

[@ruthgraff2064]

My mom blew smoke in my ears to ..my grandparents were amish

[@dawnsoldfashionedlife]

I'm 47 from central Illinois. My mother blew cigarette smoke in my ear when it ached as well.

[@glendahutchens6491]

Mine did too

[@douglasvilledarling2935]

Lol my mom poured syrup in my ears. That worked too

[@userprofilename371]

Am from life long the Brushy Mountain's of Western North Carolina and would not live anywhere else on this Earth. I love genealogy and our heritage here. And so do the majority of my community. But so many have moved here from "away" and with tv and internet even the young generation's accent is fading fast. I am in my late 30's and am seeing our heritage fading so fast. My grandfather died Nov 2019 at 98 years old and taught me to love the original carter Family every song and Hank Williams he saw both play at our county fair from the bed of a pickup truck int he 30's and 40's. The Music hearing it in my head now as we drove around all those curvy mountain dirt roads in hollers and valley's all around us. All lines of my family came here in late 1700s. So much history all around me. Seeing graves of all my grand to 4tg and 5th grt grandparents and on back even and some of their homes still standing. All around me. Most never left here as they loved it so much.

[@iamshaman]

I always wanted to do a big tour of this region. Such a lovely culture and people 🙂

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe?

[@lifesuchasthis3932]

Ive never seen quilts made that beautiful shes so talented

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe????

[@johnphilips6868]

Man I wish I grew up in the mountains. I had a stupid suburban neighborhood childhood but where I really feel at home is the mountains especially in Virginia because that's where my family all started. So I am a upstate New Yorker with a western New York accent but my blood is southern

[@jamiejessee7196]

I'm just a simple country girl 🎯 born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains of South Western part of Virginia, bordering Kentucky and Tennessee. I love that I am capable of being self sufficient along with The Lord 🕊 I've been the Hometown Biscuit Maker at Hardee's for the past 11 years now. Every Saturday morning I had a very special customer come in and I'd serve him biscuits and gravy. 😁 His name was Ralph Stanley 🖤 Now I'm doing the same for his son, Ralph the 2nd and his grandson, Nathan......

[@gailkohr5771]

HER QUILTS ARE BEAUTIFUL REALLY BEAUTIFUL.... SO PRETTY....

[@ronniemctaggart8722]

It's called a patch work quilt they are beautiful and heavy to

[@brand3820]

I bought one from a lady coming through Georgia last year for $350.00..It’s queen size, and beautiful. Weighs probably 50 lbs, and she said it was over 75 years old..Apparently her grandma made it..

[@newriverratsam]

I must admit that I am damn proud to be labeled a "hillbilly". I wear that as a badge of honor. Hillbilly means being able to take care of you and yours. A mountain version of street smarts, I suppose. Outsiders move here because they love the vistas and quaintness and simple way of life, then immediately try to change it into somewhere that they came from. Maybe they should return there and leave the locals alone. I am not a southerner, I am not a northerner, I am a Mid-Atlantic Hillbilly.

[@extendedpinky]

I love being a hillbilly. I am greatful for what I have. modern utilities and transport and such I have lived in the city and would never go back. I'm happy where I am .

[@delaremnant4317]

newriverratsam Same here! I’m on the southern part of the DelMarVa peninsula and the people who moved here from PA, NJ, NY, and DC have changed things here drastically from when I was a boy. My mommom called them Summer Folk. This place used to be undesired until beach resort money makers brought them here by the herds. Most are nice people but it’s a much faster and individualized culture they brought. They’re not just summer folk any more, but they’re staying!

[@lisascott2449]

newriverratsam you definitely said it better then I . We do have street smarts but in a different way! I definitely think ours is better! Thank you for sharing!

[@sgshaday]

We have a version of hillbilly in Puerto Rico all around the mountains. I look at these vistas and it brings back memories of inland Puerto Rico. The word is "jibaro" and I was raised as one like any other kids even nowadays that learn to get their hands dirty and work it. When hurricane Maria passed, city folk were aadly having a harsh time. We had no power, no water and our neighborhood was locked by landslides all about us. But we lived near a river so we put on our own pipes so people could get some drinking water - still better than bottled. We made do with what we managed tk harvest before the hurricane passed and most importantly, the feeling of community and family that we had built was seen there with people making the best of it, be it during community watches or just eating and singing under the moon when the night cooled. Many reasons to be proud of this stuff for sure, even when they mock us. Specially when they mock us.

[@itsjustmyopinionbut1671]

I’m an Appalachian but also definitely south of the mason Dixon so I guess I’m a southern hillbilly lol

[@suzybailey-koubti8342]

Grew up not far from Dingess, WV, in Logan, WV. This was the life I knew until I moved to NYC over 30 years ago. Getting ready to go back home soon to live out my life with my husband.

[@rachelc.5463]

@Susan Bailey-Koubti born in Mercer County West Virginia have lived in Northern Virginia for decades. A lot of us born in the mountains then leave usually for jobs and return after retirement or die in another state and are buried in family cemeteries in home state of West Virginia.

[@lovingmayberry2000]

What a sweet, sweet lady Phyllis (the quilt maker) is!! 💙💜

[@jenniferhorne2936]

I grew up in the blue ridge mountains in va

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe??

[@TheJodiah]

I been to Lower Arkansaw in Baker WVA a few times. I been to that church. A buddy of mine bought a farm up thar.

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe??

[@nancyhobson9710]

Remember Dad playing his banjo mandolin and Mum in her apron doing the Irish dance on the kitchen floor.

[@hetrodoxly1203]

Why would she be doing an Irish dance, where did she learn that?

[@adm6785]

@@hetrodoxly1203 most of the people here are from Scottish and Irish descent. Our music and dance came from them.

[@hetrodoxly1203]

@@adm6785 No, the Irish never settled the Appalachians, the majority were English followed by lowland Scots, the cultures an English one, there's nothing more English than clogging.

[@adm6785]

@@hetrodoxly1203 you’ve never heard of the scots-Irish?

[@adm6785]

@@hetrodoxly1203 my family has lived here since the beginning. According to my dna, I’m 98% Scots-Irish. You’ve been misinformed.

[@ceciledeal8605]

Thank you for the video. I was so eager to learn of things in the past. I do not trust history books. Hope you have more videos like this to share.

[@sue1625]

Yes! Please keep them coming!

[@michaelbracken5049]

Those quilts are flawless

[@ohmeowzer1]

Thank you I enjoyed it

[@pennyharp8347]

I grew up in Oklahoma. But I remember my grandmother and aunt and uncles , living off the land . Sewing clothes and the wonderful quilts. My granny made. Looking and. The patches with memories returning. I myself have made a couple of quilts.. trying to teach my grands to do some old ways.

[@bubblegum1948]

I know some of the most miserable people you'd ever know with penthouses and summer homes who are downright wretched, yet there was a picture with a young lady where she's smilimg so warmly in this video, and all you got to do is look at her and right away you know her philosophy; she's a warm, kind-hearted, and humble person...someone who would have people gravitate to her. It's unbelievable.

[@angiekrajewski6419]

Well when i see and hear all this...it’s not only in the appalachien area that they lived like this...in all south they all had the same kind of music..quilting.etcetc ..

[@1951kvk]

My family history includes Irish and Scottish relatives and we have similar terms for items.

[@trishachamberlain5692]

Mary Therese McCool so does mine. I remember my nana's quilt making, and she made apple butter too (fabulous cook)!

[@smug8567]

Like Crazy

[@dottievillegas9122]

Am a Buchanan

[@PaisleySzuSzu]

I just want to squish Miss Phyllis she is so precious. And her work is gorgeous

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe??

[@DeviantMotives]

I wish I could afford one of those gorgeous quilts

[@christinacope562]

I have some, my aunt in Texas has others. It amazes me how much they sell for when granny made them from scraps. And very warm.

[@coiledsteel8344]

DeviantMotives - Native Cambodians also are superb at sewing.

[@susanstromp8276]

I lived in the mountains of Virginia for many years, a little place called Tazewell, specifically Shawvers Mill. Those were the most wonderful days of my life! I love the people and their way of life. I long to go back to those days.

[@ronnetteharvey2002]

A blow-dryer will do the same as the pipe. I used to work at a hospital and in the ER a mother brought in her child that had burnt news paper in her ear. The Mexicans would roll a sheet of news papers, make a cone, light the big end and close it to force the heart into the ear. The heat works wonders. So does heat packs, blow driers, heating pads, etc.

[@LocustIvy]

My roots. I love these people.

[@hardrok312]

13:56 wow, that's a sweet deal. Praise the Lord! Whoever that doctor was thoughtful enough to not only barter goods and services like true loving neighbors are supposed to do for each other. But he also knew how much time and sweat she had to have put into those one of a kind, hand crafted, custom made, limited edition quilt. I'm impressed. Beautiful memories ❤

[@larryarevalo4518]

Love it !! . . . will dive more ib the history of WV. . . . and around.

[@carsandtrucksj.b4422]

Thsi is Virginia not west Virginia

[@maarukka58]

Very interesting to hear they blow tobacco smoke into aching ear to cure because my father who died 2009 used to tell that kind of treatment was used on ear ache in his childhood too! I wonder now how many other cultures the same happen? And I know these days Asians use warm up ear candles to heal the pain. Very interesting. And what lovely people they sound to be I would love to meet these two elderly ladies have a chat, listen their stories and maybe even learn a little more how those quilts and dolls and other handcrafts are made but unfortunately I live thousands miles away in Finland :(. But if I ever win a lottery I would love tour around the States and West Virginia sure would be then top of my list places to visit there :).

[@blackcatlover9907]

Maruna Junttila My mother blew smoke in our ears as children, learnt from her mom/grandmother. I did this to my children/grandchildren. 😊 lots of ole remedies passed on to us..

[@blackcatlover9907]

My mother was raised on Big A mountain. Our history runs deep. She left the mountain and had a wonderful life. Momma passed a few years back but we still have kin back there. I live in Las Vegas, far from mountain living.

[@Fannieannie2024]

Maruna Junttila You might be interested in series of books cAlled FOXFIRE. Students at a nearby school interviewed older folks in the 70's about the old ways. Its 12 books and covers everything from butchering a pig, chivarees, their worship & much more. The Christmas traditions are especially interesting.

[@coiledsteel8344]

Maruna Junttila - Much better than Politicians "Blowing Smoke" up all our asses! 😀

[@petergomez6991]

We put a baked potato wrapped in a towel on our earache. Worked every time.

[@joshuahysell694]

Looks like a good place to live

[@ladylaois8184]

Joshua Hysell I thought the same wonderful people rock in a great culture

[@stevendeatley4878]

I love it,when I got out of school I went all over this nation,but I got homesick for the Mountains and came home.after about 3 years in the Army,I married the best woman ever,she is very good too me and she is purtier than a speckled pup under a covered wagon.

[@cricket47222]

I've seen some beautiful dresses made out of feed sacks.

[@mybuttitches6450]

My mother wore flour sack underwear She’s gone to hillbilly heaven but remember the stories she told.

[@spiritwings4592]

The flour sacks were 100% cotton. I've wore many a dress from them

[@mybuttitches6450]

Tina Franklin Amazing! As long as it didn’t say :”Pillsbury”or have a pie crust recipe on the dress.lol but that might add character.

[@heatherzlotyh7267]

so sad to see this beautiful people fade away. In a day when woman culture is largely confused and not home centered as few either are blessed with the ability to stay at home to raise their children and make a home. I wish I would have been taught all these lovely womanly and homemaking arts when I started out in my homemaking. We women are so hungry for the teaching of skills and the support and encouragement of women in our community therefore so many women either have a low view of this occupation or just don’t know how to go about it. You can spend a lifetime constantly growing and expressing your talents and love for your family by the way you care for your home. It is such a blessing to be in a lovely warm and nurturing home. It is a high and noble art to aspire to and invest your energy I to😊

[@TWBlack]

Amen to that!! I became a young woman in the '70's, the feminist movement then started killing the home. I believe it was ALL done by design to take the man/father out of the picture. Strong family is a force to be reckoned with and the "powers that be" knew that and destroyed it. We need to take that back!

[@dbpearce0946]

I grew up on a tobacco farm in South Hill Va. my father was a Bootlegger and had very high Morals and a Christian family!!! My Dad always taught me that if you are doing anything that hurt or took something from someone ,,, DON'T DO IT,,, You don't need a Law to teach you that!!! We worked hard on the farm,,,,I plowed a mule from sunspot sundown and Proud of it!!!!

[@stanhootzz1904]

GOD bless the folks thet reside in the Appalachia, from north ta south, east ta west-n -in the center to with the Highest Good LORD in ALL their endeavors. .............................Thank u LORD fer hearing n answering these prayers by golly. Amen

[@sonyafox2782]

I love pear butter, which is hard now to find since, I don't get out much more since, I'm by myself and don't drive. I remember when we used to camp in the Smokies, I remember me and, my older cousin would make dolls our of clothes pins.

[@ginajones2328]

Yes I also remember clothes pin dolls

[@TWBlack]

Just planted pear, peach and apple trees. Am praying for a good harvest in a year or two (if we're still on this earth) and making butter out of each!!

[@itckdm732]

My dream is to visit the Appalachian region and get to know these hardworking and wonderful people and learn some of their crafts!!

[@darleneharris5157]

Omg, all those quilts are absolutely gorgeous!! I love 💕 quits but never had one! I wish I knew how! I make several cross stitch and had them professional framed. Made few knitting 🧶 blankets when I was younger!! Still have all my cross stitch pictures and a couple of my blankets!! If I bought a beautiful quilt I wouldn’t want to use it cuz so beautiful!!! Maybe use one on my bed!! My husband could play guitar and an ele guitar 🎸 we were high school sweethearts and married at age 22. Had 2 beautiful daughters. He had a heart attack at 47 and I never remarried.

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe??

[@annadurkee8607]

the appalachian folks never knew they were poor and lived in utter poverty until the day came they were gathered around their old time radio and heard the president of that time (1930.s).that those living in appalachia were poor.Came as a shock.

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe??

[@lanamw2855]

What is the name of the song...Lord I don't want to reap what I sow? Can't find the lyrics anywhere.

[@Lisa1111]

I love bluegrass and I love hillbillies! My granny taught me many a remedy such as peeling a potato into some cheesecloth and wrapping a wound to make a poultice 🤗❤️

[@mattlow2199]

Hi there? Hope you’re fine and staying safe??

[@gwenreed8605]

Love this people needs to be taught about there families how hard they worked and was good decent people

[@melloone611]

Good down home folks. ☺️

[@darlenehoover6577]

My grandma made floursack underwear for my mom and aunt. My mom was an older teen before she got her first pair from an store.

[@Nuunu88]

Those quilts are just gorgeous and artwork ❤

[@harolddenton6031]

Those sure are beautiful quilts. I still have couple of quilted blankets that my grandoa Joseph Lester Jones two sisters Blanche Anderson and Martha Jones made as Christmas gifts for us jones grandchildren. Those quilts ate now over 40 to 45 years old. I also have several afghans that my mom Margaret (Jones) denton had either crochet or knitted for me. My mom went to be with the lord 3 years ago. Breast cancer took her from me and my dad Donald Ray Denton. But atleast both of us have handcrafted afghans that my mom made for us. Man watching this video has me missing my northeast Tennessee home. I was raised up in hawkins county about 50 miles from hancocke County,tn. I also have melungeon blood lines through my kings,riddles,clarks,jones and sharp families.

[@ronhaworth5471]

I slept under a quilt made by my Grandmother.It fell apart after many years.Ill never forget the pattern.I used to run my little fingers around the circles on the patched pattern.Good memories!!

[@ncredbird3998]

Some call us hillbillies, but it's their ignorance. I am blessed to have been raised in these mountains. A community of good people, a love of God, support of one another. We may not have riches and jewels but we are rich in in being taught to make do with what our land and hard work provides. We have a place to lay our heads, live off the land and be grateful for everything we do have, family is everything. We take care of our neighbors when they are in need and in turn they help us. We make do and will continue so. one would be surprised to learn of the things we use that most see as nothing. We aren't ignorant, in fact we are far more educated than you'll ever know. I always tell those that have insults of us to spend a little time getting to know the people a bit and of life before you speak, as you might learn a thing of two that will change your thinking.

[@PeppersMom]

This video is like wrapping myself in one of my great aunt's quilts. I miss Appalachia.

[@sandrasmith7091]

Thank you. Took me a bit to get through the first about Stereotypes but the more I listened I appreciate it.