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"From weather signs to dowsing, natural healing and natural ways, ""Granny Buck's Dibs and Dabs: Appalachian Traditions and Magical Ways"" is a collection filled with the practical knowledge, folklore, trivia and sayings, backwoods storytelling, down-home magical beliefs and practices that come from a harsh environment of early to modern-day mountain living. Both oral and written traditions are explored as well as the use of mountain survival techniques."

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"""A very clever and fascinating book combining traditional Appalachian culture through a magical lens with tangible physical rituals, plants, gardening, foods, etc. Half-ethnography/ half-cook book! "" -- Mash (Amazone review) ""A page turner and a valuable reference book. Want to know how to douse for water? It's in there. Want to know how to wildcraft herbs? It's in there. Want to know how to make these healing herbs into usable tinctures, tonics, oils, and teas? It's in there. Need a incantation to recite to win a battle in court? It's in there. The subjects covered are too many to mention in a short review. Suffice it to say, practically anything that the Appalachians might have sometimes approached magically (which is practically everything) is touched upon in this book."" - Christine Hall (Amazon Review) ""We get a sensory, breathing overview of life in Appalachia, with an earthy agricultural feel blending with native medicine, shamanic belief, and longstanding tradition. The material here is layered, fascinating and author makes sure we always have clarity in each of so many topics and descriptions. The short sections wow us with homespun authenticity as well as the feeling that we are discovering an amazing culture in that area, as the author builds setting and presence for us there..."" -- Writer's Digest Review ""I just got this book this week and I have already got one for my sister and best friend. It was absolutely amazing! "" -- samanthamyers6964 (Youtube review)"

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