American Folk Magic & Healing — 28 Stories

• The Corn Husk Charm for Protection
• The Crossroads Offering for Healing
• The Stone Carried from the Riverbed
• The Red Cloth Hung at the Window
• The Shadow Avoidance at Sundown
• The Dream Catching Web Above the Bed
• The Healing Smoke of Sage Fires
• The Night Air Ban on Open Doors
• Hex Signs of Pennsylvania Barn Protection
• Mountain “Blood Stoppers” of Appalachia
• Hoodoo Rootwork in the American South
• Cherokee Sacred Plant Medicine Traditions
• The Seventh Son as Folk Healer
• Louisiana Gris-Gris Protection Bags
• Mormon Pioneer Herbal Healing Traditions
• Navajo (Diné) Blessingway Healing Ceremony
• The Ozark Faith Healer’s Hands
• The Water Witch Who Found the Well
• The Almanac Doctor of New England
• The Mexican Curandera’s Limpia
• The Spanish Moss Cure
• Salt Line of Protection
• The Gullah Root Bundle for Protection
• The Powwow Healer’s Hidden Book
• The Ozark Witch Doctor’s Knot: American Folktale of Healing and Protection
• The Braucherei “Powwow” Healing Prayer: American Folktale of Faith and Cure
• The Black Cat Bone and the Lucky Hand: American Hoodoo Folktale
• The Seventh Son Healer’s Charm: Appalachian Folktale