Ozark Magic and Folklore

Ozark Magic and FolkloreThe Ozark region of Missouri and Arkansas has long been an enclave of resistance to innovation and "newfangled" ideas. Many of the old time superstitions and customs have been nurtured and kept alive through the area's relative isolation and the strong attachment of the hillfolk to these old attitudes. Though modern science and education have been making important inroads in the last few decades, the region is still a fertile source of quaint ideas,

books on symmetries

brush technique

saw frame and saw

and Greek origin

practitioner

jewelry making

and numerous other customs and convictions—many racy and amusing

Indians used to cut down trees with a combination of fire and stone hatchets and before iron wire came into being

Card in the Orange

beginning with simple sentence structure and advancing logically to more difficult constructions

color plates

books on ghost stories