(04-13-2024, 08:29 AM)sailorsam Wrote: the feuding mountaineer trope is in our culture and can be seen in shows like the Flintstones and Andy Griffith.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0580170/
I read somewhere that that sort of thing is endemic to East / Central Europe. don't know the source but an author opined 'which side of a mountain your grandparents were born determines your status even in the USA'. apparently a lot of families bring this stuff with them.
A lot of the settlers here were Scotch-Irish and German. The Wagners are German, I believe. The Scotch-Irish in particular brought feuding over with them. It was a way of life in Ireland and Scotland both, in the Highlands all the way down to the Border where Border Reaver families fought feuds with other families across the border in England.