Listen: The Local Farey Tale of Chicken Bog

October 19, 2023 — Leave a comment

Episode Notes:

The Local Farey Tale of Chicken Bog is told in 3 chapters (averaging 18 minutes each) stirring together the voices of the following Tale-Tellers… Singleton Bailey (Original Chairman of the Loris Bog-Off Festival), Pepper Lilly (2022 Loris Bog-Off Champion), Samantha Norris (Executive Director of the Loris Chamber of Commerce), Susan Platt (Current Chair of the Horry County Historic Preservation Commission) and Jay Williams (Retired Museum Curator and previous Tale Teller on “The Local Farey Tale of Burgoo“)

Credits: Music by Anisha Thomas, Artwork by Jonathan Reich, Narrator, Concept, Production and Editing by Nora Vetter

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Find out more: Perloo, Hungry for History Chicken Bog Marker, Pomeroy Foundation Hungry for History Program, Taste the State Cookbook, Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina Rice Industry, Tobacco Farming in Horry County, Little River, SC

Loris Library Staff Member dressed up for the Hungry for History Chicken Bog Marker unveiling. Photo courtesy of Susan Platt via Pomeroy Foundation FB page
Hungry for History Chicken Bog Marker at the Loris Library. Photo Courtesy of Susan Platt via Horry County Historic Preservation Commission
Earliest documented reference Susan Platt could find of Chicken Bog. A fundraiser for Little Rock Graded School in The Dillon Herald, May 20, 1920
From The Tabor City Tribune, Aug 4, 1954. Provided by Susan Platt
Bog-Off Participant Tents
Your Narrator Nora Vetter
Bog-Off Contestant Prepares
Get in line early to buy a ticket
People’s Choice instructions & Punch Card for samples

2022 Photos of the People’s Choice portion of the Loris Bog-Off Festival

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