Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule

by Loyal Jones

Appalachian humor can be dry, colorful, and earthy.
The chapters vary greatly ranging from topics of Love and Marriage; Schools, Religion; Lawyers; Mountaineers and the Law; Animals and Hunting; Mountaineers and City Folks; Health and Medicine; and Rural Life. In C uring the Cross-Eyed Mule , songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler and folklorist Loyal Jones have combined to give you the biggest serving of Appalachian mountain humor since their bestselling Laughter in Appalachia .

Genres: Humor, Animals, Nonfiction

216 pages, Paperback

First published December 25, 1989

Reviews

[David Ward · Rating 2 out of 5]

Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule: Appalachian Mountain Humor by Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler (August House Publishers 2005) (817.008) contains 450 of the worst mountain jokes and stories that I've ever heard. I hate this because it's going to make the flatlanders think that we are boring. My rating: 4/10, finished 2005.

[Kyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny. I didn’t actually finish it. I was a few pages short. It was in an Airbnb in Glenville NC. Wasn’t worth stealing it to finish. Was worth reading while I was there though.

[Pretzel Penpal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read, cute stories and good info on Southern folklore.

[Milt · Rating 4 out of 5]

that's once....

[Karen · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read it because I paid for it. Most stories were not funny or didn't make sense.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book reminded me of sitting around the television and watching HeeHaw back in the 70's. That is the kind of humor this is. Some of the jokes were corny, some left me scratching my head, and others were down right funny.

[Duane · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was expecting more from this book. It does have a few funny little stories of hillbilly humor, but overall, they are few and far between. I'd pass this book by.

[Glenn Banks · Rating 3 out of 5]

some of the joke were good, I've heard other. i was expecting to be laughing a little more than i was. maybe i just am not as easily amused as i need to be.