So Are West Virginians Really Hillbillies?

[mawnansmiff]

Mothernature, Kanawha is also one of the places my kin settled in.
If you have any ancestors with the surname ALLPORT or SYNER then we sure have a 'hit'.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[mso489]

I don't know the history of the term hillbilly, but I somewhat assume it was originally a derogatory term cooked up by townees amused by "billy in from the hills," with his strange ways, and then adopted as a term of honor by the mountain folk themselves. The mountain folk in North Carolina like the seasonal tourism, as long as the visitors go back home, but socially maintain a distance, even while selling to the visitors.

 

[ssjones]

Don't forget that parts of WV have become a bedroom community for Washington DC, so those folks are definitely anything but hillbillies. However, stay off Rt 9 during the morning/afternoon drive times because those folks drive like they are running moonshine!

 

[ekert]

Did you guys hear about the wheat in West Virginia?
It's in bread.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Did you guys hear about the wheat in West Virginia?
It's in bread."
Please explain Ekert.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[haparnold]

There's a negative stereotype that West Virginians (or most rural Southerners in general) are inbred. It's a pun.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"There's a negative stereotype that West Virginians (or most rural Southerners in general) are inbred. It's a pun"
Yes Hap, I now get the pun.....however I can say this, of all my known West Virginian relatives that I have researched thus far (and that includes to modern times), I've yet to see any inter family marriages.
However, amongst my very many Utah relatives (99% Mormons) I cannot claim the same. They bred like rabbits too and seemed determined to keep any wealth in the family by inter marrying lads and lasses to maintain the status quo.
Right of wrong? Who am I to say, but if they were happy with it then I'm happy ::
Regards,
Jay.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Lower 48 problems......sheesh! :nana: