Backwoods witchcraft conjure & folk magic from Appalachia
In Backwoods Witchcraft, Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rituals, and conjure crafts that he learned from his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his grandfather, a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could "rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop up the...
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Newburyport :
Weiser Books,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Through the quilting hoop
- These roots run deep: terrain and culture in Appalachia
- Down Devil's Run: stories and superstitions
- Barefoot wandering: connecting with the land
- Soup beans and cornbread: ancestor veneration
- From the east, from the west: living by signs and omens
- Folk rites of the mountaineer: techniques and methods of the power doctor
- Saints on the river: spirits of southern Appalachia
- Casting apple seeds: spelling and fortune-telling
- Stolen flowers: tools and supplies
- When the rooster crows: candle magic, doll babies, and other trickery
- Pray the devil down: folk recipes and remedies.
