Further up the hill, we delve into Jake’s notebooks - a personal collection of tried-and-true Appalachian recipes and roots for conjuring love, money, justice, and success. We’ll also meet the local spirits and learn root ways. Like the blue smoky mists that glide up the Appalachians, Jake leads listeners up the hillsides too, introducing us to folks along the way - hunters, farmers, blacksmiths, faith healers, preachers, and root-diggers. In Doctoring the Devil, Jake Richards speaks to those questions and more, offering the various ways of rooting out the “devil” - any unfriendly spirit bringing bad luck, poor health, and calamities of all sorts. These practices and “superstitions” are at the core of Appalachian culture. Who were the old conjurors and witches of Appalachia? What were their practices and beliefs? How can you learn the ways of conjuring for yourself? Appalachian folk magic and conjuring are little known today, but 40 or 50 years ago just about every person you might ask in Appalachia either knew something about it themselves or knew someone who did it. Southern Folk Medicine North Atlantic Books, 2017 Light, Phyllis D This book is the first to describe the history, folklore, assessment methods, and remedies of Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicinethe only system of folk medicine, other than Native American, that developed in the United States.
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