Ozark Magic and Folklore
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.
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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486211817 (0486211819)
ASIN: 486211819
Publish date: June 1st 1964
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 367
Edition language: English
Vance Randolph meticulously documented the customs and practices of Ozarkers, both their dialect and, in this book, their superstitions and magical practices. It's an interesting read to get a glimpse of a culture that's now mostly gone, as modernization was beginning to take hold in the Ozarks even...
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