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The Foxfire 40th anniversary book : faith, family, and the land /

The Foxfire 40th anniversary book : faith, family, and the land / Foxfire fortieth anniversary book edited by Angie Cheek, Lacy Hunter Nix, and Foxfire students. - New York : Anchor Books, 2006. - xxxix, 512 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

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Country life--Georgia--Rabun County.
Country life--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folklore--Georgia--Rabun County.
Folklore--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Handicraft--Georgia--Rabun County.
Handicraft--Appalachian Region, Southern.


Rabun County (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life and customs.
Rabun County (Ga.)--Biography.

F292.R3 / F713 2006

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