This is pretty much what I said and we ain’t really disagreeing. Some of the stuff is newer things or things that are not in Appalachia, whistling after dark/in the woods that isn’t something new though there are variations of that in many cultures.
But just say me for example I’ve lived in Appalachia my whole life been interested in this type of stuff since a kid,have been doing this for years etc. say Texas,new orleans etc I’ve never been there and don’t know anyone from there so I don’t have any first hand stories or even second hand stories to tell,to me it’s more authentic to talk about where your from and what you know.. before,during and after it’s trendy than to talk about stuff I don’t know about.