The Foxfire book: Hog dressing, log cabin building, mountain crafts and foods, planting by the signs, snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing, moonshining, and other affairs of plain living /
edited with an introduction by Eliot Wigginton.
- 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Foxfire ; bk 01 .
- Wigginton, Eliot. 1942- Foxfire ; bk 01. .
Includes indexes.
"This is the way I was raised up" -- Aunt Arie -- Wood -- Tools and skills -- Building a log cabin -- Chimney building -- White oak splits -- Making a hamper out of white oak splits -- Making a basket out of white oak splits -- An old chair maker shows how -- Rope, straw, and feathers are to sleep on -- A quilt is something human -- Soapmaking -- Cooking on a fireplace, dutch oven, and wood stove -- Daniel Manous -- Mountain recipes -- Preserving vegetables -- Preserving fruit -- Churning your own butter -- Slaughtering hogs -- Curing and smoking hog -- Recipes for hog -- Weather signs -- Planting by the signs -- The buzzard and the dog -- Home remedies -- Hunting -- Dressing and cooking wild animal foods -- Hunting tales -- Snake lore -- Moonshioning as a fine art -- Faith healing -- Hillard Green.
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Country life--Georgia--Rabun Gap. Handicraft--Georgia--Rabun Gap.