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Title: Ozark Magic and Folklore by Vance Randolph ISBN: 0-486-21181-9 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1964 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating
Comment: This was an amazing book, especially because it was all apparently collected firsthand from the people who practiced the things in it. It's interesting and easy to read, packed with information, and though some of the things Ozark mountain people were concerned with may no longer be germane to people living in the modern world, it provides a fascinating look at folk customs, magic, and a body of lore that has most likely all but disappeared by now.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: My parents still live in the Ozarks, and I recognised some of the things that were common superstitions, phrases, etc.
I found it very entertaining to read, and being born in MO myself, and having lived in some of those areas on and off, made it even more enlightening.
I also noticed tiny hints here and there of the Scottish influence, as that is my ancestry, and something I spend much time studying. Many did settle in the hills around there when they came, preferring that over cities. Makes it even more intriguing, that some bits peek out, mingled and changed with the new culture.
Good stuff!
Rating: 5
Summary: Ozark Magic and Folklore/Vance Randolph
Comment: Wonderful lifetime body of research collected as he lived among the Ozark people. I grew up in Ozark Co. in the 60's-70's and was fortunate to see and hear much of the rich folklore he records. For an outsider (even marrying into an Ozark clan didn't make him a local boy) Randolph obtained a staggering amount of information which is presented in a humerous yet respectful style. When so much of our culture preverted for the neon cash/trash of Branson it's refreshing to read Randolph and remember when stories were told around wood fired stoves and in the summer's evening on front porches. Anyone interested in the real Ozarks should read this...and before you dismiss it all as ignorant fantasy,I can attest that witching water works, and I've touched the otherworldly feather crowns found in death pillows among many other oddities he records.....can't explain it but here it is for what it's worth.
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Title: Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales by Vance Randolph, Rayna Green ISBN: 0252013646 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 1987 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Ozark Tales and Superstitions by Phillip W. Steele, Erwin Doege, Donna Chapman ISBN: 0882894048 Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: May, 1983 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Pow-Wows: Long Lost Friend, a Collection of Mysteries and Invaluable Arts and Remedies by John G. Hohman ISBN: 0787304158 Publisher: Health Research Pub. Date: December, 1971 List Price(USD): $14.85 |
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Title: Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic: A Materia Magica of African-American Conjure by Catherine Yronwode ISBN: 0971961204 Publisher: Catherine Yronwode Pub. Date: 02 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hex and Spellwork: The Magical Practices of the Pennsylvania Dutch by Karl Herr ISBN: 1578631823 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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