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Foxfire 2 : ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, spinning and weaving, midwifing, burial customs, corn shuckin's, wagon making and more affairs of plain living / by Cooper, Susan.Foxfire.; Wigginton, Eliot.;
Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.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 reunion.
Subjects: Country life; Handicraft; Handicraft.;
© 1973., Anchor Press [Anchor Books],
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Foxfire 3 : animal care, banjos and dulcimers, hide tanning, summer and fall wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng, and still more affairs of plain living / by Wigginton, Eliot,editor.;
Simmie Free -- Hide tanning -- Cattle raising --- Animal care -- Banjos and dulcimers -- Purple martin gourds -- Dipper gourds -- Florence and Lawton Brooks -- Ginseng -- Summer and fall wild plant foods -- Woodrow Hope builds a smokehouse -- Building a lumber kiln -- Butter churns -- Beulah Perry -- Apple butter -- Sorghum -- Brooms and brushes -- Cornshuck mops, dolls and hats -- Aunt Nora Garland.Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.
Subjects: Country life; Handicraft; Country life; Handicraft.;
© 1975., Anchor Press [Anchor Books] ,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Foxfire book : hog dressing ; log cabin building ; mountain crafts and foods ; planting by the signs ; snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing ; moonshining ; and other affairs of plain living / by Wigginton, Eliot,editor.;
Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region."This is the Way I Was Raised Up" -- Aunt Arie -- Wood -- Tools and Skills -- Building a Log Cabin -- Chimney Building -- White Oak Splits -- Making a Hamper Out of White Oak Splits -- An Old Chair Maker Shows How -- Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep On -- A Quilt is Something Human -- Soapmaking -- Cooking on a Fireplace, Dutch Oven, and Wood Stove -- Daniel Manous -- Mountain Recipes -- Preserving Vegetables -- Preserving Fruit -- Churning Your Own Butter -- Slaughtering Hogs -- Curing and Smoking Hog -- Recipes for Hog -- Weather Signs -- Planting by the Signs -- The Buzzard and the Dog -- Home Remedies -- Hunting -- Dressing and Cooking Wild Animal Foods -- Hunting Tales -- Snake Lore -- Moonshining as a Fine Art -- Faith Healing -- Hillard Green.
Subjects: Quelle.; Country life; Handicraft;
© 1972., Anchor Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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