Restful Living the South County Swamp Yankee RI Way
By Ginny Gorman, Homes for Sale in Southern RI and beyond
(RI Real Estate Services ~ 401-529-7849~ RI Waterfront Real Estate)
Restful living the South County Swamp Yankee RI way may be foreign to 'outsiders' not aware of the Rhode Island formula of local expressions. The South County Swamp Yankee is usually a descendant of local lore & genuine history and I can truthfully say that swampers are a pleasure to know. Now 'South County RI' is a term used for the southern locales in this tiny RI state, i.e. Charlestown, South Kingstown, Narragansett, Exeter, etc. towns. View Larger Map The individuals who are beholden to the swamp yankee terminology are dwindling out as they pass from this life but they leave a great storytelling legacy. One of my favorite people was a 'swamper' named Bud Browning in South Kingstown. I got to know him when I was going to college and he owned hundreds of acres south of Rte.1 in ...
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