89 Year Old Appalachian Woman - Life in a Remote Region of Appalachia
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- čas přidán 30. 08. 2023
- This is the first in a what I hope will be a series of interviews with Ruby Morrow. She grew up in the Violet section of Cherokee County NC. She is like so many of the wonderful elders I grew up with here in the mountains of Appalachia-full of knowledge, compassion, and humor.
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She is the youngest looking 89 year old that I have ever seen ❤
God bless you Renee, at least I know your still with us, 🌞
She is just lovely 😀
Yes, you both are 🤗
I was thinking the same thing!
Ditto
She embodies what we are losing, family, farming, preserving, enduring, working, raising children who still call Mom. What an exceptional treasure you have found! Thank you Mrs. Ruby and thank you Tipper.
I remember my grandparents “banking” cabbage, turnips and onions. Wrapped in hay and corn shucks for winter.
What a wonderful lady. Love the little sign behind her saying,”Blessed By The Grace Of God.” Very true. Thank you Ms. Tipper.
It says ALOT about the knowledge that Ms. Ruby's mother had about natural healing, to have 13 children that all survived into adulthood!!! My father used to store our potatoes in the ground the same way she describes storing cabbage. That was is in West Virginia. Enjoyed this video with sweet Ms. Ruby.
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Wow! This dear lady looks fantastic for 89 years old. Really enjoyed listening to her.
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
So interesting to listen to Ruby tell about her daily life. My mother was born in 1928, I wish I had wrote down all those daily life stories and ways. Now so much of it has been lost, and people just don't know anything about what went on growing up in those days.
Tipper, fantastic interview! Hope to hear more! My daddy was born in 1930. The interviews you do are imperative toward recording a culture & ways never to be understood again! Important work!!! Thanks 🙏 for your scholarly contribution! As history / herstory is revealed, my prayer is that future generations will stop and learn… we just can’t loose our heritage!
Blessings,
Allison 🌼
Thank you 😀
So, was my Mom lost here last year, but I so miss hearing stories from when she was little and so happy my boys learned and appreciated what they have 😊
"Herstory" how cute is that 🤗, Dr. Allison!
So much this sweet lady describes brings back memories to me! I'm only 6 years younger than she is. Much of my life was under just the same primitive conditions she experienced. The main difference is my family never had any roots and we moved many times. She's lovely! One wouldn't guess her age by her looks! She's really sharp.
I legally enjoyed the intview with mi Ruby l can’t wait until the next Visio with Ruby ❤️💚
Thank you Tipper. This knowledge, unless videod or written die with the old folks. Granny and grandpa had 13 kids. Mom's family lived in Floyd county KY. Grandpa died of complications from Black lung. Left granny to raise 13 kids by herself. Like she said, if it needed doing, we done it. It became very hard for granny. One of the younger boys had polio. People were scared of it and most had nothing to do with my Granny Moore. I sure do miss her
I really enjoyed this! Missouri, Arkansas or the Appalachian Mountains all have similar experiences. My great grandmother was part Cherokee. She knew all the herbs, flowers, spices for healing her family. My grandmother often said she wished she would have wrote down all the things her mother did. My other grandmother raised eleven children. I remember helping her in her garden and when she canned. She loved flowers and grew many that most people had a hard time growing. She always had avocados sprouted and vines in her kitchen window sills. Thank you for sharing and talking to this lady. She is a strong person it seems and a valued, loving mother!
Such a beautiful sweet lady. She makes me think of my Mother who we lost at 87, she would of been 89 now. Thank you Tipper for introducing us to her.
Glad you enjoyed meeting her! So sorry you lost your mother.
My mother would have been her age too.
Tipper, this was wonderful ❤. What a precious lady ❤. I sure wish I could find someone as kind as you to interview my 96 yr old father!! Having diabetes for well over 40 years it has taken his eyesight and attacked his kidneys. He’s in stage 4 renal failure BUT HIS BRAIN, MIND is sharp as a tack!! The things older people know, remember how thing’s were and worked are absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing this beautiful ladies memories. 💕🙏🙏
So glad you enjoyed it! I would love to talk to him 😀
I heard her say she goes to Chattanooga for the doctors. I enjoy living in this area of the country and all this old country wisdom. She’s so sweet and soft spoken. What a big family! 13 kids. Really enjoyed this interview. 🕊🌿🌷She’s around my recently departed fil’s age. Another generation. Those old timers came from a different world.
Glad you enjoyed meeting Ruby 😀
Miss Ruby, it was truly a joy hearing of your life ❤ Thank you for giving us a glimpse into life in those days . I truly believe if the children of today had any idea what it was like living in that time, they would have a much better appreciation for what they have . I do wish they could experience it 😊
Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
Mrs. Ruby seemed in fine spirits 🙂. I'd love to hear her tell about her childhood for hours. Sending thoughts to Mrs. Ruby and y'all during this rainy week.
Mrs. Ruby is such a young 89! My grandmother would have been 89 this year. It was so nice to hear from her, she reminds me so much of my Nana. 💜
So glad you enjoyed meeting her 😀
I can't believe she's 89! I really enjoy these interviews! Have u ever thought of doing this on a regular schedule and submitting the interviews to a local museum?
Glad you enjoyed it! I hope to do more 😀
My Goodness! Ms. Ruby is amazing! I loved hearing her stories and I sure wish I could be there to learn “off’n” her!! I bet I couldn’t keep up with her! What I would give to get a look at her recipe books! Thank you, Tipper! Great interview! Love and Blessings!
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Mrs Ruby is so sweet! She is indeed the star of this video and hopefully more to come! Very interesting interview and Tipper you are a wonderful interviewer. Thank you for sharing yet another wonderful, kind, strong, interesting Appalachia resident. Mrs Ruby was a joy to hear and see.
My daddy only went to 8th grade in Missouri he had to help on the farm. But i was proud of him he became a supervisor of a big medical plastic factory ...
What a blessing to be able to hear about this wonderful lady's life. Thank you!
Our pleasure!
You and Miss Ruby talking and rocking on the porch puts me in mind of all the times I would sit on the porch and listen to my great grandmother tell about the old ways. I loved to hear about them. We have it so easy today don't we.
Oh how I loved this interview. MS Ruby certainly doesn’t look 89. She is a treasure of knowledge that needs to be shared. Hope you get to do more interviews with her.
Our cellar was full of canned foods, bins full of potatoes, and crocks of pickled beans, corn, and kraut. And the eaves of our porch had leather britches hanging everywhere until they were dry. We raised chickens, hogs, milk and beef cattle. Huge gardens in summer. And Dad worked in the mines full time! I'm only 65 but things have changed so drastically in my lifetime it makes me cry. My parents are gone but would be in this ladies age group. What a blessing to listen to her. Thanks to her and Tipper as well!❤
Bless her heart, what a treasure! Thank you for this interview!
What a delightful lady!! Thank you so much Miss Ruby and Tipper for posting this! I loved this interview! My Grandma was one of fifteen children also, the older children looked after the younger ones and everyone worked hard. It must have been tough for my Great Grandparents but they just got on with it, either had a different mind-set then from a lot of folks today. Church and music played a huge part in their lives too,. Love these posts Tipper!❤
That was a wonderful interview. You are so good at starting conversations, keeping them on track and you are a wonderful listener. You have gift of good communication. It just seems to come naturally to you. Thank you I enjoyed this one very very much.
Thank you so much!
What a beautiful woman, I would love to hear more about her life on the mountain. Thank you for featuring Violet - who looks fantastic by the way - I look forward to seeing her again!
My granny had 12 kids and my mom was next to the youngest. My grandparents moved from Arkansas to Missouri and were farmers. I learned a lot from them and love the stories they told.
This was so enjoyable! I love hearing about how things were done. My mother did most things the "old" way, right up until her death in 1973. Thanks for sharing this!!
Wow she looks as if she is in her sixties!! Beautiful 🥰💜 can’t wait to hear the whole thing
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
This is my great great aunt! My great great grandpa Rose’s sister. It is so neat to hear family stories, some that I haven’t ever heard. Thank you so much for doing this interview. I love that my family history is getting shared for many to Enjoy.
She is so sweet 😀
What a beautiful interview of a true homesteader. She so reminds me of my auntie many blessings for the two of you. Thank you Tipper.
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
What a sweet lady, my favourite type of video! Thank you for bringing these wonderful people to the forefront to tell their life stories!❤️🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
That's exactly what I said. She's a young 89.
Oh boy do I miss my family and enjoy getting to watch this. It's wonderful. A lot of my family moved from N C toTenn and Ky. A lot moved away from there to get employment and I'd get to go with my Mom and Dad and kids, back to see family as aften as we could.
Precious ❤ my mother would be her age if she were alive! They have so much lost knowledge and an amazing work ethic! People can learn a lot from someone like her!
I love hearing her story.. She had it hard it sounds like.. She reminds me of my grandma. Her husband died leaving her with 9 little kids. She worked like a man to put food on the table. She took in washings and when she was done with who' s ever laundry she would use the water to wash her families clothes.. She would grow a big garden to have stuff to eat.
She was a good woman.. RIP grandma..Love her 🇺🇸❤️🌹
I think the herbs with antibacterial properties were especially important before Penicillin was widely available. My mom’s little brother was born in ‘34 up in Minnesota and childhood Strep Throat turned into Rheumatic Fever which damaged his heart valves. He lived until 1946. There were 11 siblings, 9 of which lived past infancy, then only 8 after 1946, and 4 now. Polio, Smallpox, MMR vaccines have saved so many lives, too. Looking forward to more interviews.
Thank you for sharing interviews, books and your own knowledge with us. I appreciate the time it takes for you to do this for your viewers. Many of us don't have access to folks like this who have much needed knowledge to share. Once these dear folks are gone we'll be at a real loss
Congratulations on your Grandbaby news,such an exciting time👶🐇
What an amazing lady! ❤ I could sit and listen to her all day. Thank you for sharing, and God bless 🙌
I hope you know, Mrs. Tipper, what a beautiful thing you are doing. Telling and sharing the old ways is so very important. 😊
Thank you 😀
@CelebratingAppalachia you're very welcome sweetie 🤗
Love this! My grandmother is 94 and lived on a farm. She said they would take the car battery out on Saturday nights to use for the house radio and listen to the Grand ole Opry
Wow! Ms. Ruby has aged very well! Really enjoyed listening to her share about her life growing up, she definitely grew up in a much simpler time, even though times were hard I’m sure, but a much better time than now. Thanks for sharing this with us. 🙏🏻😇
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Just love listening to these stories what a gem! My grandpa grew up in Bryson NC. My daddy took us to see his dads childhood home in the holler, and I thought it was a magical place, so beautiful! I thought it was so sad they all left that holler to move north for work.
I love when you sit & chat with the older generation. I wish more people would spend time with our older generation folks! Tipper, you're a good egg. -much love from NJ ~Mary & fam
There's nothing I like better than to talk to my elders they are so full of knowledge and good old fashion horse sense
Ya'll were talking about leather britches as I was sitting here on my 4th strand of stringing beans to hang to dry. This was another great interview. It's much appreciated you taking the time to do these, thank you.
My husbands grandma came to Southern Illinois from Cumberland county Tennessee in 1901 when she was 9 years old, the youngest of 9 children, in a covered wagon. She told us about digging a hole to keep the vegetables all winter. They would put in a mix of cabbage, carrots, and potatoes in layers of straw. Lived in tents and mud hut till they could do better. Enjoy your stories and your girls😊. My oldest son was born at Seymour Johnson AF Base, Goldsboro, NC in 1964. ❤❤❤❤❤
Just heard the good news on the girl's channel. Im so so happy for your family, and I cant wait to hear what you and Matt have to tell us about it. Watching this interview with Miss Ruby a couple days late, the hurricane had us powerless for a bit, but all is well and we are all safe.
I know Ruby she’s married to my cousin and her sister Ellie was my sister in law 😊 this was a treat ❤
Yay! I love that Loretta 😀
It’s amazing how much we an learn from the elderly if we just sit and take the time to listen to their stories from their childhoods and on up in age.Thanks for sharing your visit with Ms. Ruby. I really enjoyed it. Hugs from the southeast coast of Florida 😎🦩🌞🦩😎
I love the Story of Miss Ruby, my Motther in Law is 88 and every time I enjoy the old Stories. we could learn so much from them
This lady sure doesn’t look 89. Still has such a good memory. I agree with her about hog killing being her least favorite. It was mine too. Thanks!
She is my aunt and is a beautiful , loving, knowledgeable lady. I love to talk and listen to her. I've learned a lot from her
Ruby is wonderful 😀
Your guest, Mrs Morrow said one of her children now lives in Crossville, Tennessee. That's where I was born and grew up. I currently live in Knoxville, but have lots of family still in the Crossville area. Including 2 siblings and lots of cousins.
I enjoyed her story. We can learn a lot from the older generation. It helps me to appreciate what I have.
Love Love Love this Tipper, Thank-You! I just lost my grandma of 93 yrs last week, she was 1 of 10 kids living in the ozarks, bootheel of Missouri. Had her mind the whole time, Thank God! Love hearing about these old times. Thanks again!
I'm so sorry you lost her! What a treasure she must have been 😀
This was wonderful, I love to hear of people's lives in the old days. Thank you so much for giving us this insight to her life. Hope to see more !
Hi Tipper you are a beautiful historian and your enrich lived experiences as an Appalachian women brings these rich storytelling narratives to your loyal audiences around the world. Thank you for all your hard work from Australia big hugs JO
Wow, thank you!
My grandmother buried cabbage. She lived her whole life just over the hill from your area in Cosby Tennessee. I’m 69 now and remember going out to the garden with her when I was very young. When the cabbage was harvested you pulled it up with the stalk intact,dig a hole and put the head in bury it and leave the stalk above ground so you can locate it as u need it
Oh my word, she looks AMAZING. Not close to her age at all! God bless her with many more healthy years!
Our mama tried burying cabbage, too in the 1960's. She really didn't have enough of a crop of cabbage to make it worth her time. Her mama taught in a two-room school at Round Hill, NC. Gramma was one of 13, too. All fair and red-headed. Ruby looks a bit like my tribe. Tipper, thanks so much for the interview. Glenda Sue (Bryson City and New Hampshire)
What a wonderful and beautiful conversation! Thanks Tipper 🤗❤️
Wow what a sweet sweet lady . I could set and Listen to her all day long she sure reminds me of my maw maw. I grew up in a lot of ways like she did and it brought back a hole lot of memories We always put up as much as posable every fall . I still try to can or dry a lot .I have never bought a can of anything from the store other than maybe caned condenses milk or chicken broth lol .I am only in my 63 but was brought up the old ways I was raised by my grate grandma that was born in 1889 so I was one lucky feller to learn all the old Knowledge from that time pierid I am so thankful for that . I just love your videos so much. Thanks for sharing them with us .
So glad you enjoyed meeting Ruby 😀
I love listening to people talk about the old ways. My mother is 90 and she grew up per much the same way.
I wish I knew how at 89, she looks no older than her early 60's. She's a beautiful Lady. I love that Tennessee rocking chair she had, that you were sittin in Miss Tipper. You ought to get Matt to make you one of those, to sat on yalls porch. We Tennesseans would appreciate that. 😂 Great interview ladies.
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Tipper, thank you, what a wonderful video to watch of you talking with Ms. Ruby. Such a precious, humble, sweet soul. You asked a lot of the questions I would have liked to ask some of Mama'a family that are long gone now. God bless you both. She was so at ease talking with you, not many now are interested in asking about the old ways in years gone by. It fills my heart to hear her share. --- I am also part Cherokee Indian! Mama's family settled in Cherokee County, S,C. where she lived all her life til she met Daddy. She was the only one to move from "home" to Orangeburg, S.C. Then to Columbia for Daddy to work in the cotton mill. Her heart longed for the red clay of Cherokee County the rest of her life. It's in my blood, as well, I would love to walk those clay hills again.--- I hope you get to sit with her again, for another visit to share with us.
I absolutely loved this Tipper.If I live to be her age I hope I am as wise and humble and have her attitude towards life.What a lovely lady.I hope you get to interview her again soon.Thank you so much. You are so good at what you do and I appreciate you very much.Hugs.
Before I watch...I want to say congratulations on becoming grandparents! The joys coming are the best in life 😊 Congrats 🌼💛🌼
I enjoyed this so much. You are an excellent interviewer and I hope you'll do many more. Having moved around and lived in 10 states from Hawaii to New York, south and now coastal California, plus Washington, D.C. it makes me wonder what it would have been like had I stayed where I grew up in West Virginia. I always say I know things my friends back home don't know and they sure know things I won't ever know.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I dearly love these talks hearing about the old ways! I wish we could all bring back front porch visiting and Sunday dinners with all the family after church. Growing up in an old country church we used to have what was called "dinner on the ground".
This was beautiful. I miss my elders. ❤️, with appreciation in a wonderful storyteller as Ruby. 😊🙏🏻
Her Voice sounds like Granny’s.
So Sweet. Thank you for Sharing.
Tipper ,you did an absolutely great job interviewing the lady.
Tipper and Ruby Morrow👏👏👏👏Interview; a real, and entertaining, pleasure of recollections
Oh goodness!❤❤❤ Ruby reminds me of my grandma!🥰Tipper I hope you get to go back for another talk, thank you for all you do!
This generation is a living library. Thanks for filming this wonderful video. Im looking forward to more of the same. Be blessed! There is nothing as beautiful as laundry hung on the line to dry in the breeze.
Such a lovely lady. I could listen to her for hours. Thank you for documenting these great people, we are losing them too fast. Along with them, they are taking knowledge that took hundreds of years to accumulate. Thanks so much for sharing her with us, Miss Tipper. Love from Memphis~
These are my favorites. Thank you Tipper. Just got back from Polk County and wanted so badly to just stop by and say hello on my way there and on my way back to Chatsworth. ❤
What a jewel. The stories were wonderful. They definitely were not in need. Thanks for sharing.❤
She is such a lovely lady. I would love it if you would do a video of you visiting her making hominy......heck doing anything. She is so adorable and a wealth of knowledge. Thanks Tipper!
How lovely to live in a place called Violet. It just sounds so whimsical.❤
I really enjoy these types of interviews. I could listen to her talk for hours. Feels like home.
What a darling woman! She reminds me of my own Momma! She passed at 87 and didn't have a gray hair on her head!
What a lovely lady...I love listening to the old ways...my Grandma used to say they ate every part of the hog except the snout.
Oh what a sweet lady. I really enjoyed hearing about Miss. Ruby’s life. I’m already looking forward to your next visit. May the Lord continue to bless her with health and strength. Thank you Tipper. 😀❤️
Such a sweet lady. She looks fabulous!!! I bet you had a wonderful time visiting with her!
Such a sweet lady, and I loved everything about this video. This made me think of my Maw Arnold. I loved her so much and with tears in my eyes now I’m going back home as soon as I can and visit her grave. She had 6 children counting a set of twins that died when they were 3 days old. 31:24
What a beautiful lady and volumes of amazing knowledge. God bless her sweet heart. ❤️
Thank you so much!
Thank you. I so enjoy listening to real people. And the elderly I adore
She was great. My grandmother did a lot of that stuff she lived in east Kentucky in a little town. My daddy took use there to see his uncle one time when I was little. We lived in Kentucky on a horses farm I love it and miss Kentucky.
Wonderful interview she looks so young country living... Gods blessings
Such a sweet lady! I really enjoyed hearing about her life. Thanks to you both for making such a precious video!
Wonderful interview, Tipper! Such a nice, sweet lady. Oh to extrapolate all the knowledge in her head!!! God bless and much love! 💕🤗🙏🏻
What an interesting and beautiful lady. She certainly does not look her age and she has a great complexion. Can’t wait for more interviews. ❤️
What a great Interview, and I pray I am that Spry at 89 YRS.THANK YOU, i love these .
so precious to hear of things done in old times n how different things r done today thanks Tipper for Blessing us with this beautiful womans memories n knowledge from the past!!! ❤❤❤
Such a beautiful lady. Thank you, Tipper. ❤
Thank you for sharing this interview.