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"Them there [hills]" (usually pronounced more like "them thar") is a common grammatically incorrect country-English phrase to basically mean "those [hills] over there".
"How much'choo wonna bet Ah coul' throw uh pigskin over them thar mountains?" -> "Are you willing to place a wager on my ability to throw an American football over those mountains over there?"
"Dialectal" or "non-standard" is more accurate than "grammatically incorrect", since "them there" is perfectly grammatical in those dialects.
As a Texan, I'm offended by the fancy words you've chosen to defend me and my ilk.
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