Signs, cures, & witchery
Subtitle: German Appalachian folklore
By: Gerald Milnes.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press; Univ Tennessee Press; Brand: Univ Tennessee Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781572335776
Subjects: German Americans -- Appalachian Region -- Folklore; German Americans -- Appalachian Region -- History; Occultism -- Appalachian Region -- Folklore; Persecution -- Germany -- History; Freedom of religion -- Appalachian Region -- History; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Appalachian Region -- Folklore
Genres: Folklore.
Other titles: Signs, cures, and witchery
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: The old world; title: The new world; title: The pioneers; title: Religion; title: Astrology; title: The occult; title: Folk art and material culture; title: Johnny Arvin Dahmer: family curing traditions; title: The Pitsenbargers; title: Dovie Lambert; title: Witchery on the farm; title: Folk medicine; title: Healers and granny women; title: Women and witchery; title: Witch doctors; title: Exhumations, tokens, and water witching; title: Dairy products; title: Spells, charms, and confrontations; title: Magical places and substances; title: The pact; title: Witch balls, conjuring, and divination; title: Magical imprints; title: Revels and belsnickles.