I picked this book up at the library, simply out of curiosity. I've been doing some Ancestry.com research into my family, and discovered that some were long-time Appalachian Scots-Irish residents. I personally have the hardest time understanding a Southern Mountain dialect, and I never really understood about 80% of the phrases and words that my grandmother on my father's side used. I always thought the word "holler" was a stupid word, and have since learned some things about the word "holler". Holler means to yell. Holler is the mountain word for hollow, which means something is not filled in the center. Holler also means hollow, which is a valley in-between mountains or hills. The mountain way of life is very different from the life that I lived, and it was interesting to see it from a more insider perspective.