flatwoods
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Not many of those old folks left I'm sure.
Probably find a few that know a little over in H22's neck of the woods.
I hear a little here and there in the low country but not like the old days
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Probably find a few that know a little over in H22's neck of the woods.
I hear a little here and there in the low country but not like the old days
Core Lokt
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Think I may go to the North end of the lake and check on my ole retired buddy and Charlie. I worry about them. Mr. Pat is in his late 70's and Charlie is 50 with Downs. I pray that when the time comes they both go together. If Mr. Pat goes first, it will not be good for Charlie and I'm about the most constant company they have and that is 2-3 times a week.
flatwoods
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That's a tough situation for sure. Have a good visit.
I'm sure they relish your visits
trad bow
wooden stick slinging driveler
We had two young guys that came up from Savannah to work and outage with us and I couldn’t understand their English let alone when they started arguing with each other in geechee
flatwoods
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Uh oh gotta go.
It’s accomplishing what it was meant to do. Rolling English and creole together in a manner so the Geechee could communicate without whites understanding them.
mrs. hornet22
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I've come to understand a bit of it. That's all there is at Edisto. They just shortened words down to goulash.lol My mama used to love to converse with the gullah / geecheefolks shrimping while we were crabbing.
Those I was around back then were already old, most of them. They worked the tobacco and cotton fields with us. They taught me how to crop baccer, pick cotton, and one even showed me how to cuss a mule, proper. Old Lije was as black as the inside of a tar barrel and had eyes just as blue as the sky. Several of those really old Geechees told me that although they themselves had been born free, their parents had been slaves.
We ever get around a fire one cold night, I`ll tell ya`ll some stories about the Geechees I knew, some they told me, some I overheard.... along with some turkey hunting tales that were told to me by some of my old Mentors that were hunting turkeys in the late 1800s into the 1900s.
trad bow
wooden stick slinging driveler
I’ve spent some time with a few mostly dealing with mules. The two I mentioned earlier were actually white boys that was raised out on the island and lived in Hog Hammock as that’s where there father worked for the government.
It will if their children and grandchildren let it. Culture is a living thing that takes folks to practice it.
Batjack
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Got to hot. Heat and deer kilt my garden and yard... too hot to fish last couple months, so no need for knee and back lube so I could walk around all day.
trad bow
wooden stick slinging driveler
The establishment is doing it’s best to destroy the rural old country culture that many of us adore and practice daily.
Crakajak
Daily Driveler News Team
I was thinking ! Boat anchor after a long conversationHow do you lose an anvil anyway?
Have you looked in the freezer?
Maybe it's near your work tools.
with Capt Morgan.Speaking of shrimp, they be running up the coastal rivers along the Atlantic starting about now.
mrs. hornet22
Beach Dreamer
I must disagree. The younguns I come in contact with on the island are keeping the gullah/ geechee alive and well. Just try to understand some of the locals.
That`s good to hear. Of those that were my age, and helped their folks in the field, I know of only one that I have contact with rarely. All the rest scattered, looking for better work.
mrs. hornet22
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I've seen them come and go, but most hang around. That's all they know.
I don’t have a strong accent but within hours of returning to the mountains it flows like water. My AF buddies used to tease me when I came back from leave.
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