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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 | |