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The
Foxfire
Book
hog dressing; log cabin building; mountain
crafts and foods; planting by the signs;
snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing;
moonshining; and other affairs of
plain living
edited with an Introduction by
ELIOT WIGGINTON
Anchor Books
Anchor Press | Doubleday
Garden City, New York
Eliot Wigginton received a B.A. and an M.A. from Cornell University and an
M.A. from Johns Hopkins University. He has taught English and journalism
at the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, the home of
Foxfire,
since 1966, and has
been faculty advisor of the magazine since its inception in 1967. He has pub-
lished articles in the
National Geographic School Bulletin, Media and Methods,
and the
fames Joyce Quarterly.
Portions of this collection first appeared in
Foxfire
magazine, Copyright
©
1968, 1969 by
Brooks Eliot Wigginton, Copyright
©
1969, 1970,
1971 by Southern Highlands Literary Fund, Inc.
ISBN: 0-385-07353-4
Anchor Books edition: 1972
Copyright © 1972 by Brooks Eliot Wigginton
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
IS
This book is dedicated to the people of these mountains in the hope
that, through it, some portion of their wisdom, ingenuity and in-
dividuality will remain long after them to touch us all.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A project of this sort reaches out and involves so many people.
My father, for example. It was he who brought me to the mountains
when I was a small boy. I never forgot. And it was Mary Hambidge,
Margaret's honey cookies and cheese souffles, Dean's quiet strength and
Claude's open friendship that brought me back.
To Mrs. Hambidge and the Jay Hambidge Art Foundation I am
forever in debt for the most extraordinary kind of friendship and
support. Not only has she been a constant source of inspiration, but she
also, in a more practical sense, allowed me to build on the Foundation
land the cabin in which I now live. If anything good has come of my
work in Rabun County, she must share a large portion of the credit. She
is the most remarkable woman I have ever met.
I am also indebted to my school's Principal, Mr. Morris Brown;
its Dean, Mr. Donald Arbitter; and its President, Dr. Karl Anderson.
They have given me a tremendous amount of freedom in working with
the students here, they have trusted me, and they have often en-
couraged me. Their patience has been phenomenal.
Without the financial assistance of individuals like John Dyson,
Mrs. Katharine Graham and George W. Woodruff; and organizations
like the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Coordinating
Council of Literary Magazines, the American Folklore Society, the
Newport Folk Foundation and the Edward H. Robertson Foundation;
and the generous, enthusiastic recognition given us by newspapers,
magazines and groups too numerous to mention, we would never have
lasted. Of that there is no doubt. This is as much their book as it is
ours.
To our Board of Directors and our Advisory Board, my genuine
gratitude. You had faith in us, and you encouraged us when we were
too young to deserve your trust; but without it I would not have had a
chance to thank you in this manner.
And to the hundreds who actually shouldered the load, I can only
express my awe at what you've done and my joy at being fortunate
enough to be a part of it. Suzy, Hydie, the kids—all of you—you were
the roots of the tree. They're dug in deep, you guys. You've done so
well.
BEW
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
6
Introduction
9
"this is the way I was raised up"
15
Aunt Arie
17
Wood
31
Tools and Skills
38
Building a Log Cabin
53
Chimney Building
108
White Oak Splits
115
Making a Hamper out of White Oak Splits
119
Making a Basket out of White Oak Splits
123
An Old Chair Maker Shows How
128
Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on
139
A Quilt is Something Human
142
Soapmaking
151
Cooking on a Fireplace, Dutch Oven, and
Wood Stove
159
Daniel Manous
165
Mountain Recipes
167
Preserving Vegetables
174
Preserving Fruit
181
Churning Your Own Butter
185
Slaughtering Hogs
189
Curing and Smoking Hog
199
Recipes for Hog
202
Weather Signs
208
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