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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Introduction | |
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Speech of the Mountaineers | |
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Dialect and Accent | |
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Words and Expressions | |
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Traditional Activities and Customs | |
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The Molasses Boiling | |
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Bean Stringings and Apple Peelings | |
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The Corn Shuckin' | |
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Wheat-threshing Time | |
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The Quilting Bee | |
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The "Literary" | |
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Box Suppers and Pie Socials | |
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The Singing School | |
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Halloween | |
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Christmas | |
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Wakes | |
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Play Parties | |
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The Big Meetin' | |
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Serenade for Newlyweds | |
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The Infare | |
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The Party Line | |
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Ghostlore | |
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Jim Barton's Fiddle | |
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The Ghost of Mrs. Green | |
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The Woman Who Came Crying | |
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The Passing Soul | |
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The Ghost of the Jilted Girl | |
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The Vengeful Ghost of the Murdered Girl | |
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The Ghost of the Peddler on Third Run | |
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The Collins Betts Peddler | |
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The Crying Infant | |
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The Headless Horseman of Powell Mountain | |
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The Shue Murder Case | |
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The Tragic Story of Ellen and Edward | |
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The Lover's Ghost | |
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A Haunted House | |
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The Poltergeist of Petersburg | |
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The Mother-in-Law's Revenge | |
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The Ghost Rider | |
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The Ghost Rides With Her Lover | |
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The Dog Ghost of Peach Tree | |
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The Hitch-hiker | |
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The Phantom Wagon | |
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Add's Image | |
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The Graveyard Ghost | |
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The Peddler's Ghost of Maysville | |
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The Ghosts of Echo Rock | |
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Three Headless Ghosts | |
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The White Bird | |
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The Ghost of the Murdered Storekeeper | |
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The Ghost of the Mistreated Husband | |
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The Peddler's Ghost of Pendleton County | |
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The Old Haunted House of Nicholas County | |
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A Mysterious Disappearance | |
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The Fireside Ghost | |
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The Chain | |
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The Haunted House at Renick | |
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The Stroop House Ghost | |
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The Informing Revenant | |
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A Ghost Returns for His Head | |
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The Woman in White | |
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The Headless Rider of Spruce Lick | |
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The Headless Horseman of Braxton County | |
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The Ghost of Sally Robinson | |
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The Crying Baby | |
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The Ghost of the Card Player | |
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An Errant Husband is Disciplined | |
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The Walking Ghost | |
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The Ghost of the Crites Mountain Schoolhouse | |
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The Hidden Treasure of Bear Fork | |
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Wizard Clip | |
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Folk Cures | |
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Nature Lore and Rules for Farming | |
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Superstitions | |
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Witchcraft | |
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The White Art | |
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Uncle Johnnie Bewitches the Cows | |
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Uncle Johnnie Frightens Mrs. Dickens | |
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Death and Burial of Uncle Johnnie | |
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The Black Cat Murders | |
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The Witch of Booger Hole | |
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The Sad Death of Mary Fisher | |
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The Witch Doctor's Silver Bullet | |
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The Violent Witch | |
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The Witch of Buck Run | |
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The Witchery of Mary Leadum | |
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The Mysterious Doe | |
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A Witch's Spell Taken Off | |
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The Raccoon Witch | |
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The Witch's Funeral | |
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The Bewitched Pigs | |
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The Witch of Bull Run Meets Her Match | |
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The Witch Man of Calhoun County | |
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The Devil Takes His Victim | |
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How Witches Got Milk and Butter | |
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The Milk Witch of Wood County | |
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The Gilmer County Witch Plays a Trick | |
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The Black Cat is Beaten | |
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Another Way to Break a Spell | |
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How to Kill a Witch | |
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White Bear | |
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A Young Man Fixes the Witch of Bull Run | |
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Recollections of Witchcraft | |
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Appendix | |