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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: THROUGH THE QUILTING HOOP
THE BIBLE AND GOD
ANCESTOR WORK
1: THESE ROOTS RUN DEEP
APPALACHIAN WEATHER AND SEASONS
APPALACHIAN TERRAIN
APPALACHIAN HISTORY
APPALACHIAN FOLK MAGIC
2: DOWN DEVIL'S RUN
SUPERSTITIONS AND CHARMS
HEALING
MARKING AND MIRRORING
BIRTH, LABOR, CHILDCARE
3: BAREFOOT WANDERING
CONNECTING WITH THE LAND
HONEST WORK
CLAIMING YOUR ROOTS
4: SOUP BEANS AND CORNBREAD
THE GRAVEYARD
DEATH AND DYING
COMMUNING WITH THE DEAD
5: FROM THE EAST, FROM THE WEST
SETTING OUT
GROWING CHARMS
TO SOW IS TO REAP
ROOT AND WEATHER SIGNS
YOUR GARDEN
6: FOLK RITES OF THE MOUNTAINEER
PASSING RITES
TRANSFERENCE RITES
BODY RITES
MEASURING RITES
PEGGING, PLUGGING, AND NAILING RITES
DIRECTIONAL RITES
TURNING RITES
QUINCUNX RITES
SIDE RITES
7: SAINTS ON THE RIVER
DREAMS
SIGNS FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD
PROTECTION FROM HAINTS
SEEING AND INTERACTING WITH SPIRITS
WORKING WITH THE DEAD
LITTLE PEOPLE
ANIMAL SPIRITS
SAINTS AND PROPHETS
8: CASTING APPLE SEEDS
YES OR NO, IS OR AIN'T SO
FORMATIONS AND PATTERNS
SAMUELS AND JACK-BALLS
OTHER PENDULUM DEVICES AND DOWSING
PLAYING CARDS
GAZING
9: STOLEN FLOWERS
10: WHEN THE ROOSTER CROWS
THE WORKING SPACE
MAKEUP OF THE FORMULAS
THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING
WHAT MAKES A ROOT?
HERBS AND CURIOS
11: PRAY THE DEVIL DOWN
RECIPES
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TO OUR READERS
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