Dug them up, shook off excess dirt, left the long tops intact-this is what you braid. After letting them dry out a bit, (several days in a hot garage on an old screen door) the tops krinkle turning brown with a tiny bit of green down in the onion tops for strength.
southpaw (plural southpaws) (informal) One who is left-handed, especially in sports. (baseball) A left-handed pitcher. Since home plate is generally in the southwest corner to avoid glare in the batter's eyes, a southpaw's pitching hand is to the south. (one who is left-handed): left-hander, lefty.
I am not aware of a noun that categorizes a person who is truthful. Perhaps that is because our language only singles out exceptions to the norm and not the norm itself. For example, most people a right-handed. There is no word used to define such people, but left-handers are called southpaws.'.