Witches, Ghosts, and Signs

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ISBN: 9781933202204 | 1933202203
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Copyright: 3/1/2008

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In the introduction to the first edition of Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians, Dr. Patrick W. Gainer wrote, "The material presented in this volume has been collected from people in West Virginia over the last half-century. Long before the tape recorder came into use, I was writing down all kinds of traditional lore as I traveled over the hills and through the hollows of the mountain state."

Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Introduction	p. xvii
Speech of the Mountaineers	p. 1
Dialect and Accent	p. 3
Words and Expressions	p. 6
Traditional Activities and Customs	p. 19
The Molasses Boiling	p. 20
Bean Stringings and Apple Peelings	p. 21
The Corn Shuckin'	p. 22
Wheat-threshing Time	p. 22
The Quilting Bee	p. 23
The "Literary"	p. 24
Box Suppers and Pie Socials	p. 24
The Singing School	p. 25
Halloween	p. 26
Christmas	p. 27
Wakes	p. 29
Play Parties	p. 30
The Big Meetin'	p. 31
Serenade for Newlyweds	p. 32
The Infare	p. 32
The Party Line	p. 33
Ghostlore	p. 35
Jim Barton's Fiddle	p. 37
The Ghost of Mrs. Green	p. 44
The Woman Who Came Crying	p. 45
The Passing Soul	p. 46
The Ghost of the Jilted Girl	p. 47
The Vengeful Ghost of the Murdered Girl	p. 48
The Ghost of the Peddler on Third Run	p. 50
The Collins Betts Peddler	p. 51
The Crying Infant	p. 51
The Headless Horseman of Powell Mountain	p. 52
The Shue Murder Case	p. 53
The Tragic Story of Ellen and Edward	p. 54
The Lover's Ghost	p. 57
A Haunted House	p. 58
The Poltergeist of Petersburg	p. 59
The Mother-in-Law's Revenge	p. 60
The Ghost Rider	p. 62
The Ghost Rides With Her Lover	p. 64
The Dog Ghost of Peach Tree	p. 65
The Hitch-hiker	p. 66
The Phantom Wagon	p. 67
Add's Image	p. 68
The Graveyard Ghost	p. 69
The Peddler's Ghost of Maysville	p. 70
The Ghosts of Echo Rock	p. 71
Three Headless Ghosts	p. 76
The White Bird	p. 77
The Ghost of the Murdered Storekeeper	p. 78
The Ghost of the Mistreated Husband	p. 79
The Peddler's Ghost of Pendleton County	p. 80
The Old Haunted House of Nicholas County	p. 81
A Mysterious Disappearance	p. 82
The Fireside Ghost	p. 83
The Chain	p. 84
The Haunted House at Renick	p. 84
The Stroop House Ghost	p. 85
The Informing Revenant	p. 86
A Ghost Returns for His Head	p. 87
The Woman in White	p. 88
The Headless Rider of Spruce Lick	p. 88
The Headless Horseman of Braxton County	p. 89
The Ghost of Sally Robinson	p. 90
The Crying Baby	p. 91
The Ghost of the Card Player	p. 91
An Errant Husband is Disciplined	p. 92
The Walking Ghost	p. 93
The Ghost of the Crites Mountain Schoolhouse	p. 94
The Hidden Treasure of Bear Fork	p. 95
Wizard Clip	p. 96
Folk Cures	p. 100
Nature Lore and Rules for Farming	p. 112
Superstitions	p. 121
Witchcraft	p. 135
The White Art	p. 139
Uncle Johnnie Bewitches the Cows	p. 142
Uncle Johnnie Frightens Mrs. Dickens	p. 144
Death and Burial of Uncle Johnnie	p. 145
The Black Cat Murders	p. 146
The Witch of Booger Hole	p. 149
The Sad Death of Mary Fisher	p. 151
The Witch Doctor's Silver Bullet	p. 153
The Violent Witch	p. 154
The Witch of Buck Run	p. 155
The Witchery of Mary Leadum	p. 156
The Mysterious Doe	p. 157
A Witch's Spell Taken Off	p. 158
The Raccoon Witch	p. 159
The Witch's Funeral	p. 160
The Bewitched Pigs	p. 160
The Witch of Bull Run Meets Her Match	p. 161
The Witch Man of Calhoun County	p. 162
The Devil Takes His Victim	p. 164
How Witches Got Milk and Butter	p. 167
The Milk Witch of Wood County	p. 168
The Gilmer County Witch Plays a Trick	p. 168
The Black Cat is Beaten	p. 169
Another Way to Break a Spell	p. 170
How to Kill a Witch	p. 171
White Bear	p. 171
A Young Man Fixes the Witch of Bull Run	p. 174
Recollections of Witchcraft	p. 175
Appendix	p. 179
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