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Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 0964619709ISBN 13: 9780964619708
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. In Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, you will find a Wise Woman tending her herb garden--Linda Ours Rago. She may recite a few herbal charms for you, or fix you some chamomile tea. In Mugworts in May, she shares herbal folklore that has been passed down through the generations. In this book, you will find herbal tales and charms for improving your gardening, health and well-being, and love life!If they would eat Leeks in MarchAnd Mugworts in MaySo many young maidens wouldn'tGo to the clay.-----TraditionalFrom Moonrise, Winter 1997Mugworts in May is a completely delightful book! It takes its name from the first line of a short poem that instructs young women what herbs to eat to live longer.It explores the importance of herbal usage in the past, and the myths and lore associated with their planting, harvesting and use. Ms. Rago explains how some of the folkore grew up, to get around the laws that covered herbalism in the days of the witch-hunts.The book instructs you in planting a wise Womans Garden in any locale, with short paragraphs about each herb and the folklore associated with it.Ms. Rago also devotes a chapter to the use of herbs from the dark side, and cautions against using them without great care and knowledge. Many of these are herb, which are used in synthesizing prescription medication (such as digitalin). They are the ones where a little will cure, but too much may kill or injure.The book has a collection of herbal charms and bits of poetry for use with the herbs. There are charms for everything from those to recite while picking certain plants to herbal healing charms to treat household injuries, and, of course, for a young woman to find her own true love.The book is completed by a listing of common herbs. Their magickal properties and modern uses are detailed in a short paragraph about each herb.This is a wonderful book to delight and amuse the herbalist or Wise Woman in your life.From Herb Gathering March/April 1996A charming collection of herbal history and folklore by Linda Ours Rago, a traditional Appalachian herb woman who has spent over 30 years tending, cooking, and crafting rare tidbits of fact and fiction about them. A detailed tour of a Wise Womans Garden is just the beginning of this literary excursion into a world of herbal charms and tales-much of which has almost been lost and forgotten. Mugworts in May also includes a compendium of some 150 herbs and their magic uses listed alphabetically, with information you seldom run across in mainstream herb books. Quaint illustrations are sprinkled throughout. Out of the ordinary-but definitely delightful.
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Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2020
ISBN 10: 1891852175ISBN 13: 9781891852176
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: new. In Inept Impaired Overwhelmed West Virginia tall taleteller Bil Lepp keeps a smile on your face as he regales you with stories about catfishgrabblin summer camp moosetrappin and a mishap with the FBIBeing a fivetime winner of the West Virginia Liars Contest makes Lepp a natural for his two jobs a state employee and a Methodist ministerFrom childhood to adulthood Bils wacky adventures often include his best friend Skeeter Barth Whether you find that Bil and Skeeter are troublemakers or that trouble just follows them around youll be laughing as they test smelly catfishbait get stopped by the sheriff struggle with rock climbing and get attacked by woodpeckers catfish and mooseBil is often accompanied by his superdog Buck whose mother was a German shepherd and whose father was a prolific and extremely determined basset hound With Bucks help Bil tries kayak dogsledding on the New River stops up the Bluestone Dam and takes the Monster Stick out for one last wild rideBil Lepp stars his gunshy hunting dog Buck in a tale that grows taller and tallerand then even taller Listeners are howling with the hilarity tears of laughter streaking faces split with widemouth grins When the young teller wraps up his story in one more burst of implausibility the audience leaps to its feet cheering All hail the kingMary Ellen Botter The Dallas Morning News.
Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1891852140ISBN 13: 9781891852145
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. In the hills of her familys West Virginia farm, Anna Lee Robe-Terry explores and forages for wild food stuffs, which she turns into tasty down-home cooking. Bootstraps and Biscuits is a collection of her recipes, which are delicious, interesting, and easy-to-follow. With recipes ranging from the more common -- honey butter and wild strawberry shortcake -- to the more unusual -- jerusalem artichoke salad, squirrel pot pie and dandelion wine -- this book is perfect for anyone wanting to make their cooking and eating more adventurous. And, as Terry points out, youll probably appreciate your meal all the more if youve gotten some fresh air while gathering the ingredients.From the IntroductionIn 1976, I found myself with a disabling illness. Pretty soon my job, home, car and furniture was all gone. I kept three pieces of jewelry that had special meaning to me and they got stolen. My insurance company went bankrupt. I was left with nothing and sick to boot. My nursing career helped me in that department and my childhood experienced helped, too. I had a very small income. If the world gives you wild grapes, you make jam and that is about what I did.I moved to the milkhouse on my familys old farm, nothing fancy. Really it was little more than a shack, but it became home for me. I could not exercise but the doctor said walk a mile everyday. I began walking and I would find all this wild food. Remembering my childhood, I started gathering my food and working on ways to use it. I also gathered pretty flowers, grasses, etc., and used them to make gifts and decorations.If I found a plant I didnt know I tried to learn about it. I'm still learning new pants but I believe I have now learned all the trees growing about. I have also been able to learn about the wildlife that abounds around here. I still walk most everyday but it becoming more difficult to make that mile. My book is finished now and for that I am glad because it seems my sense of taste and smell are going so I could not taste what I had developed.I could not have done all this without the help of family, friends, and neighbors. For them I am grateful. I cannot but help to think that the way of life has slowed this crippling disease down. Peace of mind and learning to accept what I cant change have helped also. How long I will be able to continue I dont know but I do know I have inherited a stubborn will and know how to continue. My son and his friends were always tasting and asking questions about all these wild foods. They decided we should do a video of these plants and things. I really never felt is was that important and we never got around to it. Then when my son died it became very important to getthis down on paper as I had no one to leave this knowledge to. Only a mother who has lost her only child will know how that affects you.Once again, I pulled my self up by my bootstraps and continued my life. This book is the results of that trauma. I hope many others will earn and perhaps use this information.Anna Lee Robe-TerryJune 29, 1992.
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Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 0964619776ISBN 13: 9780964619777
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 2nd. "It was a deed of insignificant affair, but we exaggerated it into a deed of great valor and importance."With West Virginia's rugged terrain, the entire area precluded any successful military operations of any size, so the small affairs that did occur, especially those of the Kanawha Valley, are overshadowed by the larger more important campaigns elsewhere. Yet historians can't ignore that during the early months of the Civil War, the Kanawha Valley was a vital and strategic area to both armies.First published in 1982, The battle of Scary Creek became an instant classic and has remained a sought after collector's item. This new and revised edition contains the complete original text as well as over 70 pages of new material compiled and edited by the original author, Terry Lowry." his descriptions of preparations for war and of the men involved are particularly good, as is his portrayal of the fighting at Scary Creek." -- Mike Mullins, Civil War Book Exchange ( now Civil War News )".an excellent account of one of the most significant 'little' battles of the Civil War." -- The Firing Line, Manassas, Va.
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Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 0964619784ISBN 13: 9780964619784
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Author Skip Johnson retired in 1992 after three decades as the outdoor columnist for The Charleston Gazette. This book is a collection of his best, and best-loved, Woods & Waters columns. Johnson, remembered for his dry sense of humor and extensive knowledge of the outdoors, regales readers with tall tales and fish stories covering fishing and hunting trips from Charleston to Canada. Read about West Virginia black bears, traveling over a hundred miles to return to their homeplace. Travel along as Johnson explores the mystery of the West Virginia cougar and other beasts.
Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 1891852124ISBN 13: 9781891852121
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 1984
ISBN 10: 189185206XISBN 13: 9781891852060
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1891852264ISBN 13: 9781891852268
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 1891852035ISBN 13: 9781891852039
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2020
ISBN 10: 1891852388ISBN 13: 9781891852381
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 189185237XISBN 13: 9781891852374
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 1891852043ISBN 13: 9781891852046
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 2nd. Book by Lyle, Katie Letcher.
Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 189185223XISBN 13: 9781891852237
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new. Toni Goffe (illustrator).
Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1891852434ISBN 13: 9781891852435
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Quarrier Press, 2013
ISBN 10: 1891852566ISBN 13: 9781891852565
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.