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Show IDIOMS OF THE MOUNTAINEERS. Vtry Old English Used In Part of West Virginia, laat summer somo persons from the North woro upending a month In the mountains of West Virginia In a lo cabin on the mountainside. Onp morning, morn-ing, as they-sat on the porch admiring tho views, a llttlo mountain girl in short blue calico dress and bright pink sunbonnot bounced round tho sldo of the cabin. . "Howdy!" sho said. "Mammy wants to know If you-nll don't want a poko of snapplcs this mohnlng." "A what?" tho Northerners asked, In amazement "A" poko of Bnnpples," sissy repeated repeat-ed Then, evidently overcome with shjncss, sho darted through tho underbrush un-derbrush before tho newcomers could decide whether or not thev wanted a "poko of snnpplos." Tho expression got Into tho systems sys-tems of tho visitors, until curiosity made one of them tako her way to tho llttlo farmhouse. "I will tnko n poko of snnpplos, please," sho said, fearing r-11 tho whllo tho mountain woman would laugh In her faco or think her an escaped lunatic. luna-tic. But very gravely tho woman dlsap peared. and soon returned, handing tho caller a bng of string beans. Tho be.ins. which snap In tho fingers aro called "snapplcs" by tho mountain-1 cers. anil "poko," which is a good old word for bag that has survived from tho ShnkcHpenrean Kngllsh of tho carl Kngllsh scttleis Youth's Companions. |