false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179878903m/967817.jpg 967817 1 The ozark region of Missouri and Arkansas has long been enclave of resistance to innovation and "newfangles" ideas. Many of the old-time superstitions and customs have been nurtured and kept alive through the area's relative isolation and the strong attachment of the hillfolk to these old attitudes. Though modern science and education have been making important inroads in the last few decades, the region is still a fertile source of quaint ideas, observances, and traditions. People are normally reticent about their deepest beliefs, especially with outsiders. The author, however, has lived in the Ozarks since 1920 and has long been a student of Ozark life - and a writer of a number of books and articles on various aspects of the subject. Through casual conversations rather than by direct questioning, he has been able gradually to compile a singularly authentic record of Ozark superstition. His book contains a vast amount of folkloristic material, including legends, beliefs, ritual verses and sayings, and odd practices of the hillpeople, plus a wealth of general cultural data. Mr. Randolph discusses weather signs; beliefs about auspicious times for planting crops, butchering hogs, etc.; prenatal influence in "marking" babies; backwoods beauty treatments; lucky charms, omens and auguries; courtship jinxes, loves potions, etc.; dummy suppers; and numerous other customs and convictions - many racy and amusing, other somewhat or spooky. Here you'll meet and learn about the yarb doctor who prepared curious remedies of herbs and odd concoctions; power doctors who use charms, spells, and exorcisms to effect cures; granny-women (mountain midwives); "doodlebuggers" and with wigglers who find water with the aid of diving rods; "conjurefolk" and Holly Rollers; witches and goomer doctors; clairvoyants amd fortune-tellers; plus the ordinary finger-crossing, wish-making citizens of the area. The general reader as well as the specialist in particular fields of cultural anthropology, etc. will truly wnjoy this lively survey of lore and practice - a little-known but fascinating slice of American life. 952714 1 6 1964 Ozark Magic and Folklore total:21|5:7|4:6|3:8|2:0|1:0| 21 83 35 8 5 1 false false Mon Nov 05 22:21:24 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 22:25:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 16 09:35:17 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 09:36:51 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Oct 28 14:21:39 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 14:42:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 22 17:08:34 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 17:17:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 22:40:21 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:45:11 -0700 2009
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