Hillbilles, moonshine and seven mothers missionaries

From: hcarteau_at_TSsld6E76I_jNLot9KvQEhwYuHtXjq09c6Zp7UCJIZvmaRGZRmNoeBfqt3g6JOMtojK
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:37:13 +0100

> Although the term "hillbilly" has gone through many twists and turns over the
> last two centuries (once it just the free and rebellious settlers of the
> Appalachia hills) but now it is pretty much defined by the old "Lil' Abner"
> cartoons and movies like "Deliverence" and summons up images of a poor,
> ignorant, feuding family with a huge brood of children tending the family
> moonshine still.

/// I love the idea of a "moonshine family cult", with the wyter resting in the still, and a Lunar missionary coming to explain the deeper meaning of "moonshine" to the locals. Now that's a finger-lickin' good scenario !            

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