Mommy Goose: Rhymes from the Mountains Architecture picking up hot plates

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these vintage picture postcards and other historic images provide an armchair visit that takes you over mountains

Blown glass pickle ornament by James Woodson of Perpetual Glassworks in Nitro

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Mommy Goose: Rhymes from the Mountains Architecture picking up hot platesPlaying hopscotch in the schoolyard or hide and seek in the woods, Appalachian children once recited traditional nursery rhymes from memory. As kids do, they frequently altered the original rhymes, making them even more colorful in the process. In Mommy Goose: Rhymes from the Mountains, author Mike Norris honors this special piece of American heritage with a one of a kind collection of fifty original nursery rhymes celebrating Appalachian tradition