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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. : / Edited with an introd. by Eliot Wigginton.
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Identifier: F291.2 .F62
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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.
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 / / edited with an introd. by Eliot Wigginton.
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Identifier: F291.2 .F622
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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.
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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Identifier: F291.2 .F6
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"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...