Dallas Public Library

Signs, cures, & witchery, German Appalachian folklore, Gerald Milnes

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-237) and index

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Signs, cures, & witchery

bibliography

Gerald Milnes

German Appalachian folklore

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

Signs, cures, and witchery