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04-28-2010, 11:23 AM
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And the move is on to rename many of our historical locations..
'Pinch Gut Hollow in Marion County comes to mind...a lovely valley with wonderful homes.
Green Bag Road...Panther Lick....Ice's Ferry...Collins Ferry Road..Buffalo Creek....Rock Forge....Easton's Mill...all bespeak the times of yore and memories long past.
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04-28-2010, 01:31 PM
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Location: Charles Town,WVA
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Grassy Lick,Rio,Frog Eye Road,Hanging Rock...all in Hampshire County
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04-28-2010, 08:06 PM
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Location: West Virginia
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I've always wanted to go to Big Ugly to see if it lived up to it's name.....  |
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05-06-2010, 04:13 PM
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Location: Milton, WV
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Pruntytown!!! OMG! The stuff of nightmares...it was my Dad's "final" threat....
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05-07-2010, 07:02 AM
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Prunty Town were the two words that struck fear!
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05-07-2010, 07:36 AM
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Location: Western Pennsylvania
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It could very well be the Litmus Test question to determine if someone is a true native West Virginian: Did your parents ever threaten to send you to Pruntytown?
Although, as I recall, on the Shortline it was pronounced Pruney-town.
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05-07-2010, 10:23 AM
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I grew up in the DC suburbs (MD side), then moved 90 miles west 5 years ago. About the only phrase that sounds really weird to me is whereas I would say "I'm not sure", lots of native WVers say "I ain't fer shoor". The "ain't" doesn't sound that weird, but the extra "fer" does!
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05-21-2010, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by backcountryrider
Thank you, Snorpus, for your quick response. Was aware of the salt licks for deer, but didn't realize other animals and birds would do the same for needed minerals. The name of the roads now make total sense to me as they seem to follow old trails through the mountains and were probably named for what settlers saw on the trip. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about the area before we move to West Virginia from Washington State.
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I have often wondered the same about the use of the word lick. I was aware of the term as a salt lick but in this part of WV is seems to have another meaning. All of the small streams in our area of WV are called licks. Grassy Lick, Pot Lick, Briar Lick, etc... The roads that follow these streams are often called Grassy Lick Rd, Briar Lick Rd, etc... I think that stream, lick and run kind of mean the same thing. Not sure cause I am a WV transplant myself. We call streams a "run" in rural MD and my wife from Texas calls them creeks.
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05-21-2010, 10:09 AM
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Location: Western Pennsylvania
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My (perhaps mistaken) interpretation is that a lick is a very small stream, and in dry times might simply be moist (no running water), so that the animals have to "lick" it.
A run is somewhat larger, never going completely dry. It could also just be a regional variation... in Wetzel County I can't recall there being any licks, but plenty of runs.
I think of streams as being somewhat larger than runs, and creeks larger still. But as I said, this might all be my own differentiation.
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