Ozark Magic and FolkloreCourier Corporation, 1964 M01 1 - 367 páginas This basic study by a renowned folklorist includes eye-opening information on yarb doctors, charms, spells, witches, ghosts, weather magic, crops and livestock, courtship and marriage, pregnancy and childbirth, animals and plants, death and burial, household superstitions, and much more. |
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
WEATHER SIGNS | 10 |
CROPS AND LIVESTOCK | 34 |
HOUSEHOLD SUPERSTITIONS 3 | 66 |
WATER WITCHES | 82 |
MOUNTAIN MEDICINE | 92 |
THE POWER DOCTORS | 121 |
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE | 162 |
GHOST STORIES | 211 |
ANIMALS AND PLANTS | 240 |
OZARK WITCHCRAFT | 264 |
DEATH AND BURIAL | 301 |
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS | 328 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 343 |
353 | |
PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH | 192 |
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