ISBN:
9781935978060
,
1935978063
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxii, 216 p. )
Edition:
2nd ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Witches, ghosts, and signs
DDC:
398.09754
Keywords:
Folklore West Virginia
;
Folklore
;
Manners and customs
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
;
Folklore
;
West Virginia Social life and customs
;
West Virginia
;
West Virginia Social life and customs
;
West Virginia
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians catalogs portions of the extensive tradition of folk cures, nature lore, and agricultural signs, as well as a number of witch-tales and ghost-tales."--Jacket
Abstract:
Speech of the Mountaineers --Traditional Activities and Customs --Ghostlore --Folk Cures --Nature Lore and Rules for Farming --Superstitions --Witchcraft.
Note:
OldControl:muse9781935978060. - Includes index. - "Multi-User. - Made available online by Project Muse. - Description based on print version record
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