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Foxfire 2

by Foxfire Students · 1973

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This second volume celebrates the rites and customs of Appalachia, featuring sections on ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, corn shuckin's, spinning and weaving, midwives, granny women, old-time burial customs, witches and haints, and wagon making.

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Table of Contents:

Maude Shope

Sourwood Honey

Beekeeping

Spring Wild Plant Foods

Happy Dowdle

Making an Ox Yoke

Wagon Wheels and Wagons

Making a Tub Wheel

Making a Foot-powered Lathe

From Raising Sheep to Weaving Cloth

How to Wash Clothes in an Iron Pot

Anna Howard

Midwives and Granny Women

Old-time Burials

Boogers, Witches, and Haints

Corn Shuckin's, House Raisin's, Quiltin's, Pea Thrashin's, Singin's, Log Rollin's, Candy Pullin's, and...

Kenny Runion

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisanthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thiscookingcookingMore like thisLess of thishealthhealthMore like thisLess of this
Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
craftscraftsMore like thisLess of thissurvivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of thisgardeninggardeningMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
GeorgiaGeorgiaMore like thisLess of thisAppalachian MountainsAppalachian MountainsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages

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