The Red Flannel Rag

Part Three: MAKING A LIVING 125

Gathering 126/Apple Butter Boiling 130

Gardening 132/Hunting 136/Hog-Killing Time 142

Part Four: MOONSHINE 155

Let’s Make Some Moonshine 158/Moonshiners Ain’t All Alike 165

Sympathetic Revenuers? 171/War Against Revenuers 174

Part Five: SUPERSTITITONS, MAGIC, AND BIG SNAKES 179

Signs, Superstitions, and Warnings for Children 180

Not So Modern Medicine 184/Weather 187

Witches and Granny Women 190/Special Days in the Year 193

Part Six: GETTING AND KEEPING BABIES 197

Family Planning the Hopkins Gap Way 197

Infant Death and “Marking” Babies 198

Midwife Stories 201

Remedies for Babies 204/ Watching for Witches 211

Playful Teaching and Learning 212/Breastfeeding for Birth Control 212

Part Seven: CHILDHOOD GAMES AND LESSONS LEARNED 215

Indians, Turkeys, and Not Thanksgiving 215

The First Day I was Glad to Be A Girl 216/ Playing Period 218

Cousin Herman in the Bottom 219 / Young Pornographers 225

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