| A | B |
|---|
| homespun | homemade |
| middling | mediocre; common place |
| normal (school) | where high school graduates learned to be elementary teachers |
| delicate condition | pregnant |
| pitifulest | saddest |
| jimjams | feelings of uncomfortable; shivers, nervousness |
| Granny women | women who helped deliver babies and cured people with herbs |
| plumb (sick of it) | absolutely; extremely |
| purty | pretty |
| teched (in the head) | slow, mentally impaired; crazy |
| come to perdition | come to a bad end; complete ruin |
| scairt | scared |
| off a piece | at a distance |
| vittles | food |
| sully | tarnish; stain |
| wood's colt | a baby born out of wedlock |
| afeared | afraid |
| to get hitched | married |
| raise a house | to build a house with neighbors helping out |
| addle headed | mentally and emotionally upset |
