The Foxfire 40Th Anniversary Book : : Faith, Family, and the Land
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What is Foxfire? -- Foxfire: A History -- 40 years of Foxfire: a partial timeline -- Aunt Arie Carpenter -- Our beloved contacts -- FAITH: God -- The Bible -- Church: Being raised in church, Being saved, Snake handling, Handling fire, Speaking in tongues, Footwashing -- Faith healing: Laying on of hands, Stopping blood, Drawing fire, Curing thrash, Conjuring warts -- Everyday miracles -- The holy land -- Heaven -- The devil -- The end times -- FAMILY: Family times: Raisin', Punishment -- Chores: Farming, cooking, cookers, washing, making brooms -- Clothes -- School: Going to school, The schoolhouse, School term/day, Teachers, Lunch, Subjects, Mischief at school -- Games & toys -- Parties: Birthday parties, Ice cream parties, Candy drawin's, Candy pullin's, Corn shuckin's, Quiltin's, Singin's -- Holidays: New Year's, Valentine's Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas -- Recipes: Drinks, Cheese and butter, Pickling, Vegetables, Corn products, Bread, Jellies / Jams / Preserves, Meat, Fruit, Pies, Cobblers, Cakes, Cookies, Candy -- Relationships: Dating, Marriage -- Doctoring -- Money -- Beauty secrets -- Advice -- Longevity -- THE LAND: Acquiring land: Buying land, Inheriting land -- Selling land -- Mills: Gristmills, Sorghum mills, Sawmills -- Logging -- Free range or open range -- Farming -- The Mountains -- Country living.
Traces the history of "Foxfire" magazine from 1966 to the present, exploring the magazine's philosophy of simple living, ideas for creative self-sufficiency, and efforts to preserve the history and culture of Appalachia.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Anchor Books, 2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 512 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0307275515
9780307275516
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Cheek, Angie.
Nix, Lacy Hunter, 1979-
Foxfire Fund.
SUBJECTS
Country life -- Rabun County.
Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folklore -- Rabun County.
Folklore -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
Handicraft -- Rabun County.
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
Rabun County (Ga.) -- Social life and customs.
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs.
Rabun County (Ga.) -- Biography.