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

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

Eliot Wigginton

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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. 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


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