Old-time country wisdom & lore
Subtitle: 1000s of traditional skills for simple living
By: Jerry Mack Johnson
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780760340011
Subjects: Plants; Home economics; Handicraft; Social life and customs; Cooking; Handbooks, manuals; Folklore; Life skills; Rural Home economics; Animals; Farm life
Other titles: Old-time country wisdom and lore; Country wisdom & lore; Country wisdom and lore
Description: An almanac of rural lore, nature facts, and other "country wisdom" concerning the weather, moon, livestock, medicine, and other topics.
Notes: "Text originally published in Country wisdom (1974), Country scrapbook (1977), and Down home ways (1978)"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Nature trail. Weather wisdom ; Moon lore ; Water witching ; Tree talk ; Flowers, herbs, and shrubs ; Creatures of the countryside ; About birds ; Bugs and such ; Hunter's bag ; Hook, line, and sinker ; Outdoor gear; title: Hearth and homestead. Ways with paint and paper ; Ways with fibers and fabric ; Ways with clay ; Ways with leaver ; Ways with wax ; Spic-and-span ; Scents, salts, and such l Rural remedies ; Country pastimes ; Playthings ; One thing and another; title: The country table. Farm foods and kitchen wisdom ; From the springhouse ; Grains and sprouts ; Breads, spreads, pretzels, and crackers ; Raccoonberry wine and other potables ; Garden to pantry shelf ; From the dry house ; Meat, fowl, and fish ; Sweet things; title: Appendix. Weights and measures.