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Line 1: {{~~work~~Useful Notes}} {{quote\|''Country ~~road~~roads, take me home~~, to the place I belong''~~ ''To the place I belong ~~''West Virginia, Mountain Mama take me home.''~~ ''West Virginia, mountain momma ~~John Denver }}~~ ''Take me home, country roads''\|"Take Me Home, Country Roads", [[John Denver]]}} This is the ''Old'' [[Wild West]], the West that existed before the West we usually think of. It is the place of [[Feuding Families]], Moonshiners, ballads, and Country music. Line 11 ⟶ 12: Mountain Folklore passed into the west with pioneers, evolving into one of the biggest influences on American tales. Many of the traditional tropes of [[The Western]] can be traced to the Appalachian Mountains. {{tropelist}} * [[Abduction Is Love]]: Ritual abduction used to be a regular part of weddings. The real kind wasn't unheard of, though mostly obsolete by the eighteenth century. * [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: Mountain boys were raised to be assertive with the assumption that they would likely be soldiers. * [[Cold Sniper]] / [[Friendly Sniper]]: Mountain folk were famous for this from Daniel Morgan in [[The American Revolution]] to Alvin York in [[World War I]]. Naturally it would enter into tales. * [[Cool Gun]] : The Pennsylvania Long Rifle, sometimes erroneously called the "Kentucky Rifle." * [[Cool Old Lady]] : Mountain [[Apron Matron~~\|Apron Matrons~~]]s were held in high respect and were the keepers of the traditions of [[The Clan]]. * [[The Clan]]: Extended families would crowd around each other for protection. * [[Davy Crockett]]: The [[Real Life]] one lived here. * [[Determined Homesteader]]: And all determined variations thereof. * [[Drink Order]]: They ''loved'' whiskey here. * [[Feuding Families]]: ~~most~~Most famously the Hatfields and ~~[[Mc Coys]]~~McCoys. * [[Honor Before Reason]]: One man was brought before the judge for moonshining. He begged leave for permission to settle his affairs. Whereupon he went home, settled his affairs and came back. After all [[I Gave My Word\|he gave his word]]. * [[Manly Men Can Hunt]]: At least, they hunted if they wanted their families to have food on the table. * [[Mountain Man]] * [[Murder Ballad]]: And any other kind of ballad. The area is well known for ballads. * [[Never Mess with Granny]]: According to a story a group of escaped German POWs came to the house of a tough old [[Apron Matron]] whereupon she said "~~Get~~Git!". When they wouldn't "~~Get~~Git"., ~~She~~she shot them. When the sheriff arrived he mentioned that they were ~~German's~~Germans whereupon she burst into tears. Exasperated the sheriff asked the problem. She replied, "I thought they was Yankees...". * [[Proud Warrior Race]] * [[Revenge]]: A prominent theme of folk tales and songs. Line 36 ⟶ 35: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Oral Tradition~~Folklore]] [[Category:Mountain Folklore]] [[Category:Myth, Legend and Folklore]]