from New York medical journal (1900):
In short, a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammelled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him.
Seems they don't make it sound all that bad.
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2 comments:
i love it.
read this aloud and ruben asks me, "can we be hill billies?"
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