Black Cats, Hoot Owls and Water Witches Beliefs, Superstitions and Sayings from Texas

Name: Black Cats, Hoot Owls and Water Witches Beliefs, Superstitions and Sayings from Texas
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ISBN: 9780929398068

ISBN-10: 0929398068

ISBN-13: 9780929398068

Edition: 1989

Authors: Kenneth W. Davis, Everett Gillis, Teel Sale

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Everyone worth his salt knows that a snappin’ turtle won’t let go until it thunders, but did you know that more than thirteen blackbirds on a fence with their tails to the north is a sure sign of a coming blue norther? Or that you should eat every grain of rice in your bowl or you will have a spouse who has chicken pox marks? Think of the needless human suffering the world has endured simply because no one bothered to collect the combined wisdom of the folk and to make it available for quick reference!Thanks to Kenneth W. Davis and Everett A. Gillis, those dark days are now at an end. Whether you need advice on the moon and stars; weather; water witching; planting and growing; worms, frogs,…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Publication date: 6/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 101
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Teel Sale is an artist, writer, and teacher, and has had a career of national and international shows (drawing, painting, printmaking, and performance art). She has served as art editor of Trilobite Press, book designer for university presses, book reviewer for Texas Books in Review, and visiting artist/lecturer at colleges and universities nationwide. Recipient of a Pouch Cove Foundation Grant (June, 2001) for drawing, Sale was a faculty member (drawing, painting, and honors) at the University of North Texas from 1975 through 1989.



Introduction


Field and Farm


Moon and Stars


Weather Wisdom


Water Witching


Planting and Growing --Crops, Flowers, and a Goat or Two


Worms, Frogs, Roosters, Crickets, and Other Critters


Home and Hearth


Love, Marriage, Home and Children


Clothing


Health Lore


Ears, Eyes, and Other Body Parts


Departing This World, Or Heaven Can't Wait


Superstitions


A Grab Bag of Superstitions