Posted in History, Literature, Tar Heelia, tagged andy griffith, catawba indians, charlotte bobcats, charlotte hornets, chicago seven, lumbee indians, michael jordan, mountain dew, sam ervin, thomas wolfe, wilmington 10 on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
More phrase-frequency charts from Google Books Ngram Reader: — mountain dew vs. Mountain Dew — Michael Jordan vs. Thomas Wolfe, Andy Griffith and Sam Ervin — Lumbee Indians vs. Catawba Indians — Wilmington 10 vs. Chicago Seven — Charlotte Hornets vs. Charlotte Bobcats
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged brown-forman, catdaddy carolina moonshine, junior johnson, madison nc, midnight moon, moonshine capital of the world, mountain dew, piedmont distillers, white lightning on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“In North Carolina, the ‘Moonshine Capital of the World’ (3,846 stills seized in 1954), state officials have inaugurated a shrewd new strategy against moonshiners. “On the shelves of state liquor stores there has appeared a civilized but untamed 100-proof corn liquor respectably labeled ‘White Lightning — Clear as the Mountain Dew’ and respectably distilled on […]
