The Eastern Shore of Maryland is truly unique. While Maryland has the overall beautiful cities and countryside, the Eastern Shore has a distinctive set of people which heavily contribute to its culture. Here are a few things you can probably relate to if you’re from this area:
For those of you who do not know: a Chicken Necker is someone who is not from the Eastern Shore, and a Yellow Belly is someone from Kent Island. Most of us don’t even know how these words originated or how they’re relevant to where these people come from.
For your whole life, you considered “water” to be pronounced as “wutter” and crayon to be pronounced “crown.” You never thought twice about that.
Except when he doesn’t let you pass and makes you late for school. That gets some people salty. It’s fine.
Not just on the good ol’ Eastern Shore crab, it’s also good on fish, corn, steak, and other various vegetables. It might sound strange to other people, but if you’re from the Eastern Shore, it sounds delicious. Even on chips.
“My daddy werks on da farm errday” is the oldest line ever. Though we do care about the food his dad produces, we just don’t care about him.
Compared to the 4A huge schools across the bridge, your school on the shore was probably 2A level, tops, with most private schools only having a few hundred people.
The teams on the Eastern Shore typically played each other often throughout the season. The biggest rivalries typically being Queen Anne’s, Kent Island and Kent County high schools in every sport.
And if you didn’t play, you’ve at least tried to. “LAX BROOOOO” said every male Lacrosse player ever.
Over the bridge, every high school has a turf field; here, only Pocomoke High school has one, which means all of your athletics were played on grass.
And as a child, it was fun to play hide and seek in. #RealChildrenOfTheCorn “We shall find the king of hide and seek!”
After high school, many students are defined by their desire to go across the country for school or stay rather close to home. The ones that want to go far will really go far, from Virginia to Colorado. The ones that stay close to home typically go to more local schools like Chesapeake College, University of Maryland, Salisbury University, or even some schools in Delaware.
Your school definitely had one.
It gives the truck character. It also defines how redneck you are.
You’ve smelled it so much it doesn’t smell that bad anymore.
With little else to do, summers were usually spent at pools, beaches, or just in the backyard.
Everyone goes there in the summer – for family vacations, “senior week”, or just a weekend getaway. Everyone on the Shore knows OC is where it’s at.
Rehoboth was another super fun beach to visit.
The vicious cycle of 75 degrees and sunny one day to 40 and rainy the next was extreme. Oh, and the weatherman was usually off on all of his predictions for the area.
You might not have had many, so the ones you did have were easy to get to know. And neighborhood gossip is very entertaining.
Whenever you go out, you will no doubt see someone you know. It is a very small world on the Eastern Shore.
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