tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393578624305189946.post96372134052257031..comments2023-10-25T08:52:58.428+01:00Comments on Only In America: The Holy Ghost People, Taking Up Serpents and Tales From Stump HollerHimselfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666097098083216833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393578624305189946.post-58134361399140043742011-04-08T16:57:53.850+01:002011-04-08T16:57:53.850+01:00I have a connection back to Kentucky (New Castle, ...I have a connection back to Kentucky (New Castle, Henry County) going back to at least 1801 with one of the Pryor Family. It could be the famed Nathaniel Pryor, or one of his cousins. <br /><br />I did a post about <a href="http://lacithedog.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/the-destruction-of-blair-mountain/" rel="nofollow">Blair Mountain</a> which, like Harlan County, was another battle between workers and the bosses. Blair Mountain has been threatened by strip mining in the ultimate sacrilege to the memories of those who died there.<br /><br />As for snake handling. I did a post <a href="http://lacithedog.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/prayer-in-school/" rel="nofollow">Prayer in School</a> which was about religious tolerance and diversity. If you're going to have it, you had better let everybody practise in their own special way.<br /><br />The British the Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, has said that the the most powerful faith in the modern world will be the faith most powerfully opposed to the modern world. My guess is that it is because it gives the foundation to life which is disturbed by change.<br /><br />And bluegrass music, it comes from the Scots, Scots-Irish, Irish, and English folk music traditions.Laci the Chinese Crestedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371541369012938298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393578624305189946.post-71368479359516280062011-04-08T03:18:54.258+01:002011-04-08T03:18:54.258+01:00Himself, thanks again for this post. I sent my son...Himself, thanks again for this post. I sent my son over from Florida and it touched him deeply as well. He was very close to my dad. You are an interesting fellow largely because you are an interested fellow.Cletis https://www.blogger.com/profile/01865557276496148455noreply@blogger.com