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

Author

Angie Cheek

Call Number

• 917.581 F795 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Anchor Books, 2006.

Physical Description

xxxix, 512 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

• 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.