Proverbs and Sayings from the Southern Appalachian Mountains

An interesting and often amusing collection of over 850 sayings and proverbs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States. Explanations include references to a bygone lifestyle and to the history of sayings that settlers brought with them from the British Isles. If you''ve ever wondered where phrases like these came from this is the book for you: It''s raining cats and dogs As poor as a church mouse Letting the cat out of the bag Spilling the beans Saved by the bell Kicked the bucket Pulling the wool over someone''s eyes A pig in a poke Knock on wood Between a rock and a hard place Not enough room to swing a cat Beyond the pale Son of a gun Getting someone''s goat The whole ball of wax Saving face Get it by hook or crook Reading the riot act and many many more.