Definition. A consonant is a speech sound that's not a vowel. The sound of a consonant is produced by a partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by a constriction of the speech organs. In writing, a consonant is any letter of the alphabet except a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
Tater Day is an annual festival held on the first Monday in April. The celebration is over 100 years old.
Lived June 15, 1772 to March 27, 1816; died at the age of 44. Became sheriff twice. Father was Samuel Robert Tate, born May 24, 1730 in Londonderry, Ulster, England and died March 23, 1813 in Burke County, N.C.