Signs, cures, & witchery, German Appalachian folklore, Gerald Milnes
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Signs, cures, & witchery, German Appalachian folklore, Gerald Milnes
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Signs, cures, & witchery
Nature of contents
bibliography
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71006696
Responsibility statement
Gerald Milnes
Sub title
German Appalachian folklore
Table Of Contents
The old world -- The new world -- The pioneers -- Religion -- Astrology -- The occult -- Folk art and material culture -- Johnny Arvin Dahmer: family curing traditions -- The Pitsenbargers -- Dovie Lambert -- Witchery on the farm -- Folk medicine -- Healers and granny women -- Women and witchery -- Witch doctors -- Exhumations, tokens, and water witching -- Dairy products -- Spells, charms, and confrontations -- Magical places and substances -- The pact -- Witch balls, conjuring, and divination -- Magical imprints -- Revels and belsnickles
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Signs, cures, and witchery
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- Persecution -- Germany -- History
- Occultism -- Appalachian Region -- Folklore
- German Americans -- Appalachian Region -- Folklore
- German Americans -- Appalachian Region -- History
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Appalachian Region -- Folklore
- Freedom of religion -- Appalachian Region -- History
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- Persecution -- Germany -- History
- Occultism -- Appalachian Region -- Folklore
- German Americans -- Appalachian Region -- Folklore
- German Americans -- Appalachian Region -- History
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Appalachian Region -- Folklore
- Freedom of religion -- Appalachian Region -- History
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