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| ozark folklore: Ozark Magic and Folklore Vance Randolph, 2012-07-31 Includes eye-opening information on yarb doctors, charms, spells, witches, ghosts, weather magic, crops and livestock, courtship and marriage, pregnancy and childbirth, animals and plants, death and burial, and more. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Superstitions Vance Randolph, 2018-10-15 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folk Magic Brandon Weston, 2021-01-08 Discover the Healing Power of Plants and Prayers Bring traditional methods of healing and magic into the modern world with this impressive book on Ozark folk magic. Providing lore, verbal charms, healing plants, herbal recipes, magical tools and alignments, and more, folk healer Brandon Weston sheds light on the region's secretive culture and shows you how to heal both yourself and others. Ozark Folk Magic invites you to experience the hillfolk's magic through the eyes of an authentic practitioner. Learn how to optimize your healing work and spells according to the moon cycles, zodiac signs, and numerology. Explore medicinal uses for native Ozark plants, instructions for healing magical illnesses, and how modern witches can feel at home with Ozark traditions. Combining personal stories and down-to-earth advice, this book makes it easy to incorporate Ozark folk magic into your practice. Includes a foreword by Virginia Siegel, MA, folk arts coordinator at the University of Arkansas |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folklore Vance Randolph, Gordon McCann, 1987 |
| ozark folklore: Down in the Holler Vance Randolph, George Pickett Wilson, 1953 Down in the Holler, first published in 1953, is a classic study of Ozark folklore. The University of Oklahoma Press is especially pleased to introduce such an invaluable and delightfully written book to a new generation of researchers and Americans entranced by the Ozarks and the folkways of the past. Until World War II the backwoodsmen living in the Ozark Mountains of southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma were the most deliberately unprogressive people in the United States. The descendants of pioneers from the southern Appalachians, they changed their way of life very little during the whole span of the nineteenth century and were able to preserve their customs and traditions in an age of industrialism. When the many attractions of the Ozarks were discovered by outlanders, the tourists--and television--reached the hinterlands, and the old patterns of speech and life began to fade. In this perceptive book, Vance Randolph, who first visited the Ozarks country in 1899, and his collaborator, George P. Wilson, recapture the speech of the people who lived down in the holler. Randolph, closely identified with the region for many years, hunted possums with its people and shared their table at the House of Lords (a kind of tavern in Joplin). Through the years his hobby became a profession, and he spent years recording the various aspects of Ozark folk speech. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folklore Vance Randolph, 1972 |
| ozark folklore: The Ozarks Vance Randolph, 2017-01-25 Vance Randolph was perfectly constituted for his role as the chronicler of Ozark folkways. As a self-described hack writer, who first visited the region as a child with his middle-class parents, he was as much a figure of the margins as his chosen subjects. And his essentially romantic identification with the Ozarks--encouraged by the editors of the era--was always tempered by his scientific training and his contrarian nature. In The Ozarks, originally published in 1931, we have Randolph's first book-length portrait of the people he would spend the next half-century studying. The full range of Randolph's interests--in language, in hunting and fishing, in folksongs and play parties, in moonshining--is on view in this book that made his name; forever after he was Mr. Ozark, the region's preeminent expert who would, in collection after collection, enlarge and deepen his debut effort. With a new introduction by Robert Cochran, The Ozarks , an image shaper in its day, a cultural artifact for decades to come, this wonderful book is as entertaining as ever. --Back cover. |
| ozark folklore: The Devil's Pretty Daughter, and Other Ozark Folk Tales Vance Randolph, 1955 |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folklore Vance Randolph, 1987 |
| ozark folklore: Folklore and Folklife Richard M. Dorson, 1972 Describes the characteristics of folk cultures and discusses the procedures used by social scientists to study folklife. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Country Otto Ernest Rayburn, 2021-03-01 Published just days before America’s entry into World War II, Ozark Country is Otto Ernest Rayburn’s love letter to his adopted region. One of several chronicles of the Ozarks that garnered national attention during the Depression and war years, when many Americans craved stories about people and places seemingly untouched by the difficulties of the times, Rayburn’s colorful tour takes readers from the fictional village of Woodville into the backcountry of a region teeming with storytellers, ballad singers, superstitions, and home remedies. Rayburn’s tales—fantastical, fun, and unapologetically romantic—portray a world that had already nearly disappeared by the time they were written. Yet Rayburn’s depiction of the Ozarks resonates with notions of the region that have persisted in the American consciousness ever since. |
| ozark folklore: Haunted Ozarks Janice Tremeear, 2011-08-16 The hills have scares in this haunted history of the Ozark Mountains from the paranormal investigator and author of Missouri’s Haunted Route 66. Tourists flock to the Ozarks region every year to dip their paddles in the pure waters of its wilderness, or to lose themselves in the happy bustle of its theme parks. But the serene hills and hollows often hide something darker. The Civil War and the Trail of Tears left their marks on the region, as did the James-Younger Gang and the Baldknobbers. Ghosts linger in resorts and penitentiaries, while UFO’s and buried treasure rest in uneasy graves. Those startled by seeing a hellhound run through their backyard, however, might also catch a glimpse of author Janice Tremeear and her team of researchers in hot pursuit of the mysteries of the Ozarks. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Tales of Ghosts, Spirits, Hauntings, and Monsters W. C. Jameson, 2007-10 Who has not been thrilled and not a little frightened by tales of ghosts, spirits, hauntings, and monsters? Some of the most fascinating accounts come from the dark hollows of the Ozark Mountains. For generations, these scary, mystifying legends have been told around campfires and family gatherings and handed down through the generations. Now, for the first time, the best of these tales have been gathered together and presented in this volume. Award-winning author W.C. Jameson spent years collecting and researching these spellbinding yarns. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Mountain Spell Book Brandon Weston, 2022-06-08 Explore Ozark Folk Magic for Love, Luck & Health Apply traditional Ozark workings to your craft and enjoy a stronger connection to the everyday magic all around you. Brandon Weston weaves fascinating historical details and stories from his own practice alongside step-by-step instructions for authentic remedies, rituals, and spells collected from other regional witches and healers. A companion to Ozark Folk Magic, this book compiles more than fifty recipes that utilize ingredients commonly found in the household or in nature. You will learn how to grow luck at the base of a tree, bring lovers closer together with string, and reverse a hex using a black candle. Weston also covers cleansing rituals, protection charms, dream work, divination tools, and more. With advice for modernizing these techniques, this spell book captures Ozark folk magic as both a deep and evolving tradition for practitioners to enjoy. |
| ozark folklore: Blow the Candle Out (c) , Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore, Volume II, Folk Rhymes and Other Lore |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Mountain Humor W. K. McNeil, 1989 Jokes on hunting, religion, marriage, and Ozark ways. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folklore Vance Randolph, 1987 |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folklore Indiana University, Bloomington. Folklore Institute, 1972 |
| ozark folklore: Arkansas Folklore Sourcebook (c) William M. Clements, 1992 Arkansas's rich folklore tradition is treated in this collection of eight essays covering the history of folklore research in the state, traditional songs and music, tall tales, folk architecture, traditional foods and their preparation, superstitions and beliefs, and festivals and celebrations. Includes extensive bibliographies of reference works, and audio and video recordings. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folk Magic Brandon Weston, 2021 Experience traditional hillfolk magic through the eyes of an authentic practitioner. This book provides lore, herbs, magical alignments, verbal charms, and more-- |
| ozark folklore: Gone to the Grave Abby Burnett, 2015-04-03 Before there was a death care industry where professional funeral directors offered embalming and other services, residents of the Arkansas Ozarks—and, for that matter, people throughout the South—buried their own dead. Every part of the complicated, labor-intensive process was handled within the deceased's community. This process included preparation of the body for burial, making a wooden coffin, digging the grave, and overseeing the burial ceremony, as well as observing a wide variety of customs and superstitions. These traditions, especially in rural communities, remained the norm up through the end of World War II, after which a variety of factors, primarily the loss of manpower and the rise of the funeral industry, brought about the end of most customs. Gone to the Grave, a meticulous autopsy of this now vanished way of life and death, documents mourning and practical rituals through interviews, diaries and reminiscences, obituaries, and a wide variety of other sources. Abby Burnett covers attempts to stave off death; passings that, for various reasons, could not be mourned according to tradition; factors contributing to high maternal and infant mortality; and the ways in which loss was expressed though obituaries and epitaphs. A concluding chapter examines early undertaking practices and the many angles funeral industry professionals worked to convince the public of the need for their services. |
| ozark folklore: Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales VANCE RANDOLPH, 1976-11 The well-known Ozark folklorist gathers together bawdy tales, previously considered unprintable, that provide insight into the region's rich exotic narrative tradition. |
| ozark folklore: The Ozark Howler Ralph Toller, 2021-09-22 There is a monster in the American South.With razor sharp horns, glowing red eyes, a thick predator's body and a bone-chilling call in the night, the Ozark Howler is one of the most compelling creatures in American folklore, and yet one of the least understood. Author Ralph Toller, a lifelong resident of the Ozarks, explores the folklore, rumors, and sightings of this unique beast of Southern mythology, providing the first nonfiction portrait of the horned and hairy antihero that until now has been spoken of only by word of mouth. Once you have met the Ozark Howler, you'll never forget it. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folklore Vance Randolph, 1987 |
| ozark folklore: The Shepherd of the Hills Harold Bell Wright, 1909 |
| ozark folklore: A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1 Brooks Blevins, 2018-06-28 Winner of the Missouri History Book Award, from the State Historical Society of Missouri Winner of the Arkansiana Award, from the Arkansas Library Association Geologic forces raised the Ozarks. Myth enshrouds these hills. Human beings shaped them and were shaped by them. The Ozarks reflect the epic tableau of the American people—the native Osage and would-be colonial conquerors, the determined settlers and on-the-make speculators, the endless labors of hardscrabble farmers and capitalism of visionary entrepreneurs. The Old Ozarks is the first volume of a monumental three-part history of the region and its inhabitants. Brooks Blevins begins in deep prehistory, charting how these highlands of granite, dolomite, and limestone came to exist. From there he turns to the political and economic motivations behind the eagerness of many peoples to possess the Ozarks. Blevins places these early proto-Ozarkers within the context of larger American history and the economic, social, and political forces that drove it forward. But he also tells the varied and colorful human stories that fill the region's storied past—and contribute to the powerful myths and misunderstandings that even today distort our views of the Ozarks' places and people. A sweeping history in the grand tradition, A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks is essential reading for anyone who cares about the highland heart of America. |
| ozark folklore: Devil's Promenade Antone Dolezal, 2021 |
| ozark folklore: Who Blowed Up the Church House? Vance Randolph, 1952 |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Country W. K. McNeil, 1995 A stimulating encounter with the vigorous mountain culture & enduring folklife of the Ozarks. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Tales and Superstitions Phillip W. Steele, 2011 A collection of 26 stories from the folktales of the Ozark region. Also includes a section on omens, moon signs, weather signs, and folk remedies. |
| ozark folklore: Arkansas Ozarks Legends & Lore Cynthia McRoy Carroll, 2020-02-10 The unspoiled, wooded landscape of the Arkansas Ozarks is steeped in traditions, where legend and myth are a huge part of history. During the Civil War, when Maranda Simmons boldly retrieved her stolen horses from a Union camp, soldiers believed she was a haint. When a cast-iron stove fell on Grace Sollis's baby, she gained superhuman strength, picked up the stove to free the baby and then ran circles around the log cabin until she came to her senses. After patiently waiting years for her promised dream house, Elise Quigley and her five children tore down their three-room shack and moved into the chicken house after Mr. Quigley left for work. Join author Cynthia Carroll, a descendant of six generations of Ozark natives, as she details the legends and lore of the Arkansas Ozarks. |
| ozark folklore: Hill Folks Brooks Blevins, 2002 In the first comprehensive social history of the Arkansas Ozarks from the early 19th century through the end of the 20th century, Blevins examines settlement patterns, farming, economics, class, and tourism. He also explores the development of conflicting images of the Ozarks as a timeless arcadia peopled by quaint, homespun characters or a backward region filled with hillbillies. |
| ozark folklore: Back Yonder Charles Wayman Hogue, 2016-02-15 Wayman Hogue’s stories of growing up in the Ozarks, according to a 1932 review in the New York Times, “brilliantly illuminate mountain life to its very heart and in its most profound aspects.” A standout among the Ozarks literature that was popular during the Great Depression, this memoir of life in rural Arkansas in the decades following the Civil War has since been forgotten by all but a few students of Arkansas history and folklore. Back Yonder is a special book. Hogue, like his contemporary Laura Ingalls Wilder, weaves a narrative of a family making its way in rugged, impoverished, and sometimes violent places. From one-room schoolhouses to moonshiners, the details in this story capture the essence of a particular time and place, even as the characters reflect a universal quality that will endear them to modern readers. Historian Brooks Blevins’s new introduction explores the life of Charles Wayman Hogue, analyzes the people and events that inspired the book, and places the volume in the context of America’s discovery of the Ozarks in the years between the World Wars. The University of Arkansas Press is proud to reissue Back Yonder as the first book in the Chronicles of the Ozarks series, making this Arkansas classic available again, ready to be discovered and rediscovered by readers sure to find the book as interesting and entertaining as ever. |
| ozark folklore: We Always Lie to Strangers Vance Randolph, 1974 |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folksongs Vance Randolph, |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Folklore , 1972 |
| ozark folklore: Bean Blossom Thomas A. Adler, 2011-05-23 Bean Blossom, Indiana is home to the annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, founded in 1967 by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. Here, Adler discusses the development of bluegrass music, the many personalities involved in the bluegrass music scene, the interplay of local, regional, and national interests, and more. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Country W. K. McNeil, 1995 |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Superstitions Vance Randolph, 2013-06-18 The people who live in the Ozark country of Missouri and Arkansas were, until very recently, the most deliberately unprogressive people in the United States. Descended from pioneers who came West from the Southern Appalachians at the beginning of the nineteenth century, they made little contact with the outer world for more than a hundred years. They seem like foreigners to the average urban American, but nearly all of them come of British stock, and many families have lived in America since colonial days. Their material heirlooms are few, but like all isolated illiterates they have clung to the old songs and obsolete sayings and outworn customs of their ancestors. Sophisticated visitors sometimes regard the “hillbilly” as a simple child of nature, whose inmost thoughts and motivations may be read at a glance. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The hillman is secretive and sensitive beyond anything that the average city dweller can imagine, but he isn’t simple. His mind moves in a tremendously involved system of signs and omens and esoteric auguries. He has little interest in the mental procedure that the moderns call science, and his ways of arranging data and evaluating evidence are very different from those currently favored in the world beyond the hilltops. The Ozark hillfolk have often been described as the most superstitious people in America. It is true that some of them have retained certain ancient notions which have been discarded and forgotten in more progressive sections of the United States. It has been said that the Ozarker got his folklore from the Negro, but the fact is that Negroes were never numerous in the hill country, and there are many adults in the Ozarks today who have never even seen a Negro. Another view is that the hillman’s superstitions are largely of Indian origin, and there may be a measure of truth in this; the pioneers did mingle freely with the Indians, and some of our best Ozark families still boast of their Cherokee blood. My own feeling is that most of the hillman’s folk beliefs came with his ancestors from England or Scotland. I believe that a comparison of my material with that recorded by British antiquarians will substantiate this opinion. |
| ozark folklore: Ozark Vernacular Houses: a Study of Rural Homeplaces in the Arkansas Ozarks (c) Jean Sizemore, 1994 Of importance to architects, folklorists, cultural historians, and anyone interested in the Ozarks, this fascinating examination of the Ozark house is a way toward understanding the mind of the inhabitants and their way of life. |
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New to Ozark? Move to a new house? Need to set up utilities? Visit our New Customer Page and fill out our new customer form. Important: Water and Sewer will be included on the same bill as …
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Living in Ozark. 205 N. 1st Street Ozark, MO 65721 P.O. Box 295. City Hall: 417-581-2407 The OC: 417-581-7002 Fax: 417-581-0575
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Mar 25, 2025 · The City of Ozark’s Parks and Recreation Department is seeking hard working and self-motivated candidates to fill the position of Part Time Park Maintenance Employee.... Full …
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The Ozark Police Department was established to protect and serve the citizens of Ozark.
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1530 W Jackson St, Ozark, MO 65721 At the Ozark Community Center (The OC) we recognize that people want an affordable, top-notch facility with state-of-the-art equipment and innovative …
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Christian County Library Information . 205 N. 1st Street Ozark, MO 65721 P.O. Box 295. City Hall: 417-581-2407 The OC: 417-581-7002 Fax: 417-581-0575
Ozark, MO - Official Website | Official Website
Ozark, Mo -- The City of Ozark adopted a Strategic Plan in 2024 that will serve as a guiding document for city leaders and elected officials for the community's future. Read on...
About Ozark | Ozark, MO - Official Website - Ozark, Missouri
Ozark recently was nominated as the best place to go antiquing in southwest Missouri by Rural Magazine. You can also learn more about Ozark from the Ozark Chamber of Commerce …
Water and Sewer Billing Information - Ozark, MO
New to Ozark? Move to a new house? Need to set up utilities? Visit our New Customer Page and fill out our new customer form. Important: Water and Sewer will be included on the same bill as …
City Maps | Ozark, MO - Official Website
Welcome to the Ozark Maps page, your one-stop resource for comprehensive and informative maps of our captivating city. Explore the diverse range of maps we offer, designed to assist …
Ozark Water Utility Billing | Ozark, MO - Official Website
The Utility Billing Department handles the billing side of water/sewer connections, disconnects, and the billing for trash services provided by Republic Trash Services (Formerly Allied Waste) …
Living in Ozark | Ozark, MO - Official Website - Ozark, Missouri
Living in Ozark. 205 N. 1st Street Ozark, MO 65721 P.O. Box 295. City Hall: 417-581-2407 The OC: 417-581-7002 Fax: 417-581-0575
Job Postings • City of Ozark • CivicEngage - Ozark, Missouri
Mar 25, 2025 · The City of Ozark’s Parks and Recreation Department is seeking hard working and self-motivated candidates to fill the position of Part Time Park Maintenance Employee.... Full …
Police Department | Ozark, MO - Official Website
The Ozark Police Department was established to protect and serve the citizens of Ozark.
The Ozark Community Center ( The OC ) - Ozark, Missouri
1530 W Jackson St, Ozark, MO 65721 At the Ozark Community Center (The OC) we recognize that people want an affordable, top-notch facility with state-of-the-art equipment and innovative …
Christian County Library | Ozark, MO - Official Website
Christian County Library Information . 205 N. 1st Street Ozark, MO 65721 P.O. Box 295. City Hall: 417-581-2407 The OC: 417-581-7002 Fax: 417-581-0575
