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, Edited with an introd. by Eliot Wigginton
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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, Edited with an introd. by Eliot Wigginton
Language
eng
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Foxfire book
Responsibility statement
Edited with an introd. by Eliot Wigginton
Sub title
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
Summary
Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region
Table Of Contents
"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 -- Making a basket 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 -- Moonshioning as a fine art -- Faith healing -- Hillard Green
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- Folklore -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs
- Rabun County (Ga.) -- Social life and customs
- Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Rabun County (Ga.) -- Biography
- Country life -- Georgia
- Georgia -- Social life and customs
- Handicraft -- Georgia -- Rabun County
- Home economics, Rural -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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- Folklore -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs
- Rabun County (Ga.) -- Social life and customs
- Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Rabun County (Ga.) -- Biography
- Country life -- Georgia
- Georgia -- Social life and customs
- Handicraft -- Georgia -- Rabun County
- Home economics, Rural -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Content1
- Editor1
- Is Derivative Of1