A great day today!  It’s National Hollerin Contest Day!  Now what does it mean?  Well, back in its day it was trying to get your neighbors attention across the “holler”.  There weren’t any telephones and there certainly was not an internet or cell phones.  So in order fer ma ta git the younguns ta come home fer eatin, she would step out onto the back step an holler!  You won’t hear that call on this first video, but you will on the next!

Now it seems they have made a National Contest of it.  But then, only in the state of North Carolina would they take such a thing so serious and actually have a hollerin contest.  This explains quite a bit about some of my North Carolina buddies.  I can see old Gattlin standing up on that stage just a yellin his heart out.

And there you have it!

Bears Butt

June 16, 2012