Spotlight COMMENTARY Snoogy, toboggan, snoogan, stocking cap — what do you call a winter hat? LISA O’DONNELL Staff Reporter Jan 31, 2026 Jan 31, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This column was written and published in 2015 in the Winston-Salem Journal.kAm%@> qC25J DFC6 =@@<65 7:?6 :? E92E D?@@8J]k^AmkAm$@F?5D 2 =:EE=6 E@@ C:DBFé 7@C 2 72>:=J ?6HDA2A6C[ 9F9nk^Am Winston-Salem Journal reporter Lisa O’Donnell Allison Lee Isley kAmqFE >@DE 7@=<D :? $2?5J #:586 :? ?@CE96C? $E@<6D r@F?EJ H@F=5 <?@H E92E x’> ?@E G6?EFC:?8 :?E@ BF6DE:@?23=6 DF3;64E >2EE6C] x’> >6C6=J 4@>>6?E:?8 E92E qC25J[ E96 BF2CE6C324< 7@C E96 }6H t?8=2?5 !2EC:@ED[ =@@<D BF:E6 76E49:?8 :? 2 DE@4<:?8 42A]k^Am kAm$E:== D4C2E49:?8 J@FC 9625nk^Am People are also reading… UTV wreck in McDowell County injures two Old Fort firefighters New RV dealership opens in McDowell County; Old Fort RV Park reopens Erasing Carolinas history? 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