I've heard these phrases all my life . 😄Thank you for keeping our history alive and being one of our ambassadors to the rest world .

I'm a West Virginia Hillbilly and proud of it !!!!

A few of the phrases my uncle used to use ... "If you stand too close to the band, you're bound to get hit by a fiddle" - Means mind your own business - "Will you carry me home?" - Means give me a ride home - "Trot it around the barn yard and let's see how it gaits" - Means tell me your idea.

I am English and we still use (in my family) about 85% of what you have here, but I am an oldie,1954 vintage. Love to hear these sayings.

Thank you Donnie for a walk down memory lane. I grew up in the mountains of western PA and am of Eastern European decent. My dad used a lot of these phrases. His guiding principle for my brother and me was, “Always guard what your name stands for. It’s the only thing you can carry with you the rest of you life.” I still try to do that today and raised my son on that same principle. God bless.

We've said these things in my family since the dawn of time... As we're ALL from the South & happier than a tick on a dog's back about it too! Awww We love you Mr.Donnie & Thank you so much for all you do for us with your Channel! ❤️&🙏

Hanging in here like a hair in a biscuit! LOL! Love my southern heritage! Thanks for your channel.

My family was from Virginia to West Virginia and my grandma said these sayings and a few more which rubbed off on my mama and her sisters and I learned these from them. I say many of these mostly on a regular basis. I get looks at the store or in a crowd . The more relaxed I become the more of these sayings seem to surface. But I’m proud of who I am and where I come from. Appalachian thru and thru! Always will be!!

We say all these too, we just don't have the same critters in Australia. There is one that my dad used to say all the time, and I'd bet money that you say it too, "that would tear the fork out of your nightie". And "I hope all your chickens turn into emus and kick your dunny down" Love your channel xx God Bless xx

Thank you for keeping our history alive and being one of our ambassadors to the rest world .

You are gonna get a kick out of this one. I’m Southern California born and raised yet I remember hearing over half of these growing up sometimes with a slightly different variation. I still say a few from time to time. Thank you for bringing us the great Smoky Mountain heritage sir.

A lot of these sayings I still say to this very day . Keeps me connected to my country roots. Donnie

I heard all but a handful of these from my mother all my life. I really enjoyed hearing them again, it reminded me of her, and I do miss her very much. Thank you Donnie for keeping the memory of this way of life alive. It's an honor to the past generations.

I am adopted but found my birth family. They're all from TN. This channel helps me feel closer to my past. Your voice is so soothing. I love your channel! your voice is beyond soothing and your content is fascinating! Thank you for all your work!

Hey Donnie. My Mama used to say " Well, I swunny." It means the same as "I swear". We were always taught not to say " I swear" because the Bible says not to. Thanks for these! I've heard these my whole life!😃

I am a billy girl from Ulster I have used 75% of these sayings. Your my kith and kin I have a strong affinity for the Appalachian people.x

Raise your hand if youre a GenXer who grew up hearing these & have caught yourself repeating them 😂😂😂🙌

Thank you for sharing your love of these Appalachian mountains and ways of her people. God bless you kind sir.

All of us natives of North Florida use most all of these phrases to this day. I have passed these down to my children and now my grandchildren. Thanks for sharing these with everyone. May God bless ya Sir!

Loved this video!! English isn't my first language but I knew quite a few of these saying. And a funny fact: some of these we use, translated in Dutch, here in the Netherlands too 😃

Thank You for the trip to the past!... I remember hearing all those sayings as a child and all through my career when speaking to all the old timers. well... sir you would be an awesome bible storyteller. God has blessed you with a narrator voice and skills. God Bless.

I’ve heard nearly all of them.glad you shared. Enjoyed very much.

Live in New Jersey and used to live in Utah and I've heard and used these phrases all my life and learned them from my parents and grandparents. You are keeping things alive. Thanks for your great videos.

Good Day Mr Donnie😊

Love it Donnie! I use many of these saying all the time. Here is a saying I heard from my granny around 1977. “Your sweet as snuff, but not near as dusty” She loved Rooster snuff and it was always running down her chin.

I love "He's as tall as a Georgia pine." We have a lot of them and they tend to spring up quickly in areas that land developers have pointlessly cleared. There are even commercial varieties of pine we developed here for the paper mill industry.

Another great video Bro. Donnie. Thank you.

I too have heard most of these sayn's! Funny but, I still use them, and now my grandchildren! Keeping the old alive. Thank you and God Bless!

My dad was German and my mom was Cherokee. Being born and raised in North Carolina these sayings rang home to me.

I'm from Southwest Virginia and I still use the majority of the sayings you have on this list. A couple of them we say a little different usually just a word. Like pig in a poke my grandma used call pig in the blanket she called it pig in a poke. Love the videos. I used a couple of them today. Our talk is so unique to our region and I still talk that way and I learned these from talking with my elders.

What a treat to have a video to watch during my really late lunch. Thank you sir! God bless.

My daddy said a lot of those to me, he was born in the hills of Tennessee. Thank you for the smiles God bless you and your family

Keep doing what you are doing donnie, pretty soon, very soon our history (language)is being replaced via our southern border . So sad ! Thanks donnie.

Listening to you is like a cool drink of mountain spring water from back home ❤

We had a friend in college from India. We taught him a bunch of these phrases. It was hysterical listening to him use them in his Indian accent!

I remember my Parents and Grandparents using some of these sayings Donnie.....one of my Uncles used to say ... " thats uglier than the north end of a south bound skunk".. if he saw something ugly or that looked real bad... Thanks again for the video Brother.

Reminds me of my Grandma Gardener God rest her Soul. She used these phrases all the time. They were considered COMMON SENSE when I was growing up. I tell people I'm older than dirt all the time. Thank you. I wish these sayings would come back because you can't dispute them. The closest thing to the truth.

I too have heard all these sayings Donnie. I'm 70 years old and live in southern Ohio and a lot of our people has your same accent.

My granddaddy said all of them. I sure miss him. God bless you Donnie.

It’s amazing how many of these axioms go all the way up into NJ, PA & NY, with some slight variations. Thanks, Donnie! 🙏🏻

I've heard and used so many of these sayings. Mom and dad used to say- they'd argue with a sign post, if that didn't work they'd take the sign out and argue with the hole. Independent as a hog on ice watch em bust their butt. Daddy used to say if you stick your head in the sand it leaves your butt to get kicked. I'm not putting my dog in that hunt.- that means I'm not getting in that argument or I'm not having anything to do with that. If folks won't accept help you just have to let them crap and fall back in it. I'm old enough I still use most of the sayings and phrases you mentioned and these. I'm sure there's others I can't recall right now. Folks think I'm backwards but I know I'm hammering the right nail, lol I'm proud of my raising. Thanks for sharing these, I hope folks enjoy them as much as I did, and maybe they'll try out some of them too. Stay safe and GOD bless

My great-grandmother used to say.. what goes down the devils back crawls up his belly… or something like that. I think it mean you’ll get what’s coming to you if you do something you shouldn’t do. I really enjoy this channel. ☮️

Brings back a lot of memories of my mamaw and papaw. I still use a lot of these phrases today. My grandkids both get a kick out of it and are curious to the meaning of some. Thank you for this post, cousin Donnie.

My Mom used the word " "kattywomped".Born and raised in north Georgia.

I have heard many of these phrases. My grandma used to use them. 😊 Fun to watch, Mr Donnie. Thanks and God bless

Love these old sayings Donnie. I grew up with most of those sayings. Lots of truth in them.

Donnie; Good ones! Enjoyed them! Here is a couple more: 1) He's not got a dog in this race. 2) He's as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs! 3) Go and fetch a hickory switch! 4) This is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you! 5) If you see a snake a crawling, it's going to rain! Great video!

I LOVE this, I can hear my precious family's voices as they said these and I personally use ALL of them except for 12. I think it's fair to say, here in central NC my Appalachian roots still run deep and are thriving! Be blessed my precious friend.

I have heard these says all my life! Thank you for the memories Donnie!

And thank you Donnie. God Bless to you and your family. Best wishes on health and prosperity. Keep it up, I truly enjoy your stories as I can relate right down to the nail that souled our shoes.

Well Donnie, I grew up with 95% of these sayings coming out of my dad's mouth but given I'm in Canada, maybe the link is that I grew up on a farm. Loved hearing these again. Thanks for the reminder that I'm as "old as dirt". 🤔😋😃

Said these all my life and a ton more. Thanks for sharing . There's lots of wisdom in these here words. 😊

Brings back memories. Thank you for sharing. A lot of these phrases are lost in today's world.

I grew up with all these saying. But I grew up as far north as a person can and live in the U.S of A. Got deep roots in the South , especially round Roan Mt. TN. , and on over into N.C. God bless.

Thank you Mr. Donnie for sharing these. Heard most of these from my grandparents and great grandparents growing up. Hope you're feeling better

I love these old sayins. I heard my daddy use these sayins all my life. We're native west Texans.

Thanks for sharing Donnie. We use a lot of those sayings here in the northwest Piedmont of North Carolina. I really enjoy saying them around people that have never heard them before.

We always tell someone that can’t shoot straight, “You couldn’t hit a bull in the ass with a corn shovel”. Thank you for all the time you put into your videos my friend!

From the hills of New Zealand, God Bless you too, Donnie.

Hi Mr Donnie,I remember my mammaw using that phrase pig in a poke,and she used the mountain word.....marry...ALL the time. God Bless you for my trip down memory lane.

Most of these reminded me of my grandmother when she was living she used a lot of these sayings

Here in the flatwoods of Tennessee we still use these old sayings, however a few have fallen way. I do try to keep them alive.

I live in Australia and I am loving your history 🥰🤩🤗thankyou Donnie

These were really good Don. I've heard; "mind your p's and q's." I bet there's a lot of young'uns out there that have not heard a lot of these phrases. Thank you my friend.

Hello from KY love your channel 💗.Donnie this was great.I still say most of them,got it from my Grandparents.Really great Donnie,loved it.❤️

Grew up with all those sayings all my life I'm in western ky

Donnie keep it up. I look forward to these videos. I teach my children based on old ways. In hopes they aren't forgotten. Please keep doing these.

Like u say neighbor I grew up on hearing most of this sayings and still use most of them thank you Donnie for sharing God bless you my friend

Good morning 🌄 Mr. Laws ☺️ my family still uses almost all these sayings ...we are just country folks ... You have a wonderful day my friend 🌼 God bless you and yours 🙏

I heard about 2/3 of these, growing up in New England in the 60s and 70s, but just learned some new ones! Thank you for the meanings 😊

Thanks for keeping history alive in such an enjoyable.....l recognised most of these old sayings and brought back good memories of past family members.

I heard just about all these sayings from my grandparents from southeastern Kentucky. When I’m really tired my accent really comes out or if I pronounce certain words or phrases. When I visit my oldest son’s friends in Chicago really find it amazing how an educated woman still speaks that way!

When I hear these stories it take me back when I was growing up

Yes i have either heard or used them in all in my life time sir. Thank you for sharing. God bless you and your whole family...🙏❤🙏❤🙏😊🙂😀

I heard some of these phrases .I heard I trust him as for as I can spit, which isn't very far. Thank you for sharing these with us. Hope everyone rest good tonight.

Thank you so much.. This took me down memory lane. God bless you in all you do ❤

I lost my best friend almost 4 years ago, he was from around Boone NC, his Mommas people were lineal McCoys. Hearing you talk reminds me of my friend. Thanks for the video.

We still use most of these, my baba said most of these, I love 'Bless your Heart' and 'Isn't that special' lol

the fact that im not from appalachia but got the meaning of the most of these immediately, shows you how much people mixed and migrated in america, and how common sense is the same all around the world, only in different languages, and mostly in pretty zesty words, since its the simple people who had to use common sense mostly to figure their lives out. again a wonderful video, donny!

My mother used to the word “cairn” a lot. Like something smells like cairn (?spelling?). Or that cairny thing. I finally figured out it is mountain pronunciation of carrion, carcass, or road kill. A deal decaying animal that the vultures eat. I love the Appalachian language. It’s so pure.

I love all these wonderful sayings that we use here in Southeast Ga

A man's only as good as his word is what my daddy always said. And all the other ones I grew up hearing also that you listed.

Love it !! I've heard and used most of these all my 61 years...thanks again Donnie...love your channel !!!

Yes!!!! ❤ we say all that! 😂 I’m in East Tennessee too. My ancestors were from England, Scotland and Ireland.

Got another one for you my friend .....he went through here like a dose of the salts. ....great Vedic Donnie thank you for sharing this with us it drought back a lot of old memories

Mr. Laws , you my friend are such an amazing person.Please keep up your good work.I’m having a rough go and stumbled upon your channel tonight and it has really helped me to keep up hope.You really are a treasure.

Donnie, my mom and dad have been from Pennsylvania, we lived in the country near Pittsburgh, my Dady and mom used EVERYONE of this phrases. It must have traveled all over the United states( those phrases) but I LOVE listening to you!

Thank you, this was great. I knew all of these saying except one. When I used to live in Ohio people some people would think I was from the deep south because of some of my sayings and my accent. I live in WV and grew up hearing and learning these sayings and many more like them. Made some good friends there and was known as a county girl. Crazy like a fox . I really like these videos you make. Keep up the great work. God bless you and yours.

Great video we need a lot of them today.thanks for sharing have a blessed day

We use a lot of these sayings in Ireland Donnie love a lot of sayings ye all use great video God bless realy enjoyed it 🙏❤💚

I come from Northern Ireland and I have heard these sayings and phrases all my life ......here's one for ye Donnie..... "" As lazy as shuck water'' wonder if you heard that one?

I'm from middle Tennessee born and raised I'd heard most of these growing up but the cow and the flat rock when I heard a co-worker say it a few years back. I about fell outta my chair laughing. Thank you, Mr. Laws for this. God bless you, my friend.

As always love you Donnie keep us in touch with our heritage

LOL wow this is like I am listening to my Grandparents in Alabama. My father's family is from the woods of South Alabama and are Choctaw/Porch Creek and I have heard all of these saying forever. I even use them now without thinking and then have to tell people what it means hahaha. Thank you so much for this memory. Have you heard the "finer than a frogs hair?" I had to tell some Brits what it means the other day.

Heard and repeated most all of these sayings, thanks again Donnie.

Thank you for bringing our culture to the interweb, I use a lot of these phrases regularly

I live in England and 90% of those sayings are common overhear. Great vlogs.

What a great channel you have Donnie I grew up in southern Illinois, and all these things are very familiar to the way. We talked there and still do at least among my generation and what is left of older.Folks

This was fun, Donnie. Thanks!😊

Donny i grew up with my grandparents and parents say all those things. We still talk like this.