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    16 Signs You Grew Up In A Gullah Family

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    1. You call this animal a “coon”.

    2. This was one of your favorite TV shows as a child.

    3. The thought of a hag riding your back a night while praying still scares the s**t out of you.

    4. Your mama if she had a dream about fish.

    5. You're a firm believer that grits is for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

    6. If it wasn't grits for dinner, than it was okra soup.

    7. What all mothers in your family were like if someone threatened to call the cops.

    8. You describe this picture as “churn” playing. And you pronounce “grandmother” as “grum-ma”.

    9. Because everyday language in your family sounds like you're mimicking The Color Purple.

    10. And grumma is the matriarch. She bonds the family together.

    11. You're always shocked by the cost of blackberries in the store because they grew in your backyard for free.

    12. Your face every time you watch the movie Conrack.

    13. This is Gullah red rice

    14. Your parents as a child when they first found out all people don't raise and kill their own meat and some eat things called tofu.

    15. When the 'black' kids at school found out you are Gullah.

    16. And while they were happy to have birthday parties..

    You were just as happy to get your new sweetgrass basket