Cover Photo: Cover of Forward magazine published by Davis & Elkins College courtesy of the Booth Library Special Collections & […]
Ghost Tales from Appalachia: Hallie’s Ghost in Elkins, WV Read More »
Cover Photo: “A particularly savage wild boar (Sus scrofa) fighting with another over the females behind. Engraving” (Wikimedia Commons 2024)
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Cover Photo: “Hedingham Fair’s first Wassail design; ‘Joy come to our Jolly Wassail’, 1997 (Cater 2013:4). As we begin planning
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Recently, I learned about a fascinating canning custom. Many Appalachians believe that women should not (and were not permitted to)
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Recently, I was digitizing an interview conducted by Augusta’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerry Milnes, that drew me into a
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