{"product_id":"signs-cures-and-witchery-gerald-c-milnes-9781572338784","title":"Signs, Cures, and Witchery: German Appalachian Folklore","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe persecution of Old World German Protestants and Anabaptists in the seventeenth century-following debilitating wars, the Reformation, and the Inquisition-brought about significant immigration to America. Many of the immigrants, and their progeny, settled in the Appalachian frontier. Here they established a particularly old set of religious beliefs and traditions based on a strong sense of folk spirituality. They practiced astrology, numerology, and other aspects of esoteric thinking and left a legacy that may still be found in Appalachian folklore today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased in part on the author's extensive collection of oral histories from the remote highlands of West Virginia, Signs, Cures, and Witchery: German Appalachian Folklore \u003cbr\u003edescribes these various occult practices, symbols, and beliefs; how they evolved within New World religious contexts; how they arrived on the Appalachian frontier; and the prospects of those beliefs continuing in the contemporary world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy concentrating on these inheritances, Gerald C. Milnes draws a larger picture of the German influence on Appalachia. Much has been written about the Anglo-Celtic, Scots-Irish, and English folkways of the Appalachian people, but few studies have addressed their German cultural attributes and sensibilities. Signs, Cures, and Witchery sheds startling light on folk influences from Germany, making it a volume of tremendous value to Appalachian scholars, folklorists, and readers with an interest in Appalachian folklife and German American studies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald C. Milnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1572338784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781572338784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Univ Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Gerald C. Milnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057058574591,"sku":"9781572338784","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_baa99e9c-ae8e-4220-a608-62329edb3a86.jpg?v=1685044789","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/signs-cures-and-witchery-gerald-c-milnes-9781572338784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}