Hollar

[Kingfisher]

Why do they call em " hollars?"

 

[Jalopy]

I always assumed it was a dialect for "hollows". But you know what assume means right?

 

[kenny thomas]

It can also mean to yell at someone or something. I hollar at her everytime I pass her house.

 

[dun]

It has been claimed because it had to do with "Hollering" distance to spread knews/information/to summons someone. That's what hillbillys claim anyway.

 

[inyati13]

Why do they call em " hollars?"

I am highly qualified as a descendant of a long line of hillbillies on my maternal side to address this concept. In addition to that fact, Kentucky is the official "hillbilly" state so we should know. Don't take dun's word, he is a city-slicker in comparison. I will give him this, I been through Missouri enough times that I know they could give us a run for our money but we still hold the title.

It is holler, not hollar. It comes from the word "hollow" like a hollow log. When you stand on a ridge in Kentucky hill country, you look down into the holler that is sculptured out from the surrounding terrain. The way a hillbilly looks at it: It is hollered out from the land. Another use, “that ain’t enough terbacker to fill my holler tooth".

BTW: distance is measured in how far a voice can be heard. Such as, "He is a whoop and a holler from here."

When I rise upon that river, knowing my sins been washed away
I'ma gonna whoop, I'ma gonna holler
When I rise upon that river, knowing my sins been washed away
I'ma gonna whoop, I'ma gonna holler
I'ma gonna whoop, I'ma gonna holler
I'ma gonna whoop, I'ma gonna holler
I'ma gonna rise up, whooping then I holler
Then rise up, whooping then I holler
Then rise up, whooping then I holler
Then rise up, rise up.

 

[greybeard]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Hollering_Creek

 

[Bigfoot]

Hollers make good places to play. I'd rather go to holler than a theme park when I was a kid. I guess it's a law of nature that they have a creek running through them. Swinging on grape vines, swimming, catching crawdads, some of my favorite memories.

 

[Kingfisher]

My favorite is near my place in Austin. It's got an old tractor shed laced with deer racks. I allways wished to speak with the fellow who use to own it. It's like walking back in time for me....

 

[melking]

Hollers make good places to play. I'd rather go to holler than a theme park when I was a kid. I guess it's a law of nature that they have a creek running through them. Swinging on grape vines, swimming, catching crawdads, some of my favorite memories.

We used to "dam" up the little creek in the winter and when it froze we would play hockey. We also used to smoke the grapevines.

 

[3waycross]

Same thing here is a draw and up north it's a coulee. Same kind of fun to be had for sure.

We grew up playing in the Arroyo on the back side of the ranch. An arroyo is kinda like a holler cut into flat ground :lol2:

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Here we have ravines and ridges around here . I have always used draws and hog backs because my dad was from the south.