More Mountain Talk

Last month I did a post about Mountain Born -- a book I'd gotten for Christmas with a lot of old timey mountain sayings.  Stephanie in Flat Rock read the post and very kindly sent me a compilation of phrases that the doctor she worked for had made over the years. 

Some were familiar-- others not.  Thank you, Stephanie -- these are too good not to share!

Draws -- spasm or cramp, as in "My leg sure draws."

Arthur -- arthritis  (Arthuritis) ' Ol' Arthur has done got hold of me."

Fireballs of the Eucharist -- fibroids of the uterus "She was just full of fireballs of the Eucharist."

In movable health -- doing okay, as in "I was in movable health till this here stroke got me."

Scowers (or scours) -- diarrhea  "He's took the scours right bad."

Vomick -- vomit  " Law, riding in the back seat on that twisty road makes me want to vomick."

Toucheous -- painful to touch "Pa's gout has made his big toe right toucheous."

And my personal favorite --

Traveling fart -- lots of migrating belly gas pain.  "She had her a traveling fart but that Mylanta holp (helped) right much."