The Foxfire Book Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780385073530
• ISBN10: 0385073534
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1972-02-17
• Publisher: Anchor

Summary

In the late 1960s, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazineFoxfirein an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces Aunt Arie and her contemporaries and includes log cabin building, hog dressing, snake lore, mountain crafts and food, and "other affairs of plain living."

Author Biography

Founded in 1966, FOXFIRE is a nonprofit education organization. Foxfire's learner-centered, community-based approach is advocated through The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center and grounded in the Southern Appalachian culture that promotes a sense of place and appreciation of local people and culture as essential educational tools.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	6	(9)
Introduction	9	(6)
``this is the way I was raised up''	15	(2)
Aunt Arie	17	(14)
Wood	31	(7)
Tools and Skills	38	(15)
Building a Log Cabin	53	(55)
Chimney Building	108	(7)
White Oak Splits	115	(4)
Making a Hamper out of White Oak Splits	119	(4)
Making a Basket out of White Oak Splits	123	(5)
An Old Chair Maker Shows How	128	(11)
Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on	139	(3)
A Quilt is Something Human	142	(9)
Soapmaking	151	(8)
Cooking on a Fireplace, Dutch Oven, and Wood Stove	159	(6)
Daniel Manous	165	(2)
Mountain Recipes	167	(7)
Preserving Vegetables	174	(7)
Preserving Fruit	181	(4)
Churning Your Own Butter	185	(4)
Slaughtering Hogs	189	(10)
Curing and Smoking Hog	199	(3)
Recipes for Hog	202	(6)
Weather Signs	208	(4)
Planting by the Signs	212	(16)
The Buzzard and the Dog	228	(2)
Home Remedies	230	(19)
Hunting	249	(15)
Dressing and Cooking Wild Animal Foods	264	(10)
Hunting Tales	274	(15)
Snake Lore	289	(12)
Moonshining as a Fine Art	301	(45)
Faith Healing	346	(23)
Hillard Green	369	(13)
Index of People	382