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Book Description:

"Written by a Pennsylvania Dutch healer in the 1820s, this book is a rambling collection of rural home remedies and folk invocations Pow-wow is a unique creole of Christian theology and a shamanistic belief system. It is still practiced in some rural areas of Pennsylvania. In spite of the name, it is not of Native American derivation. It is believed to have been brought over to America by German immigrants who practiced folk-magic.


This little book includes healing spells, binding spells, protective spells, talismans, wards and benedictions. As for the home remedies, we don't recommend you try any of them (e.g., if you have scurvy we suggest that you get some limes. And if your livestock are sick, please have a veterinarian look at them.) The text is also of historical interest, as it paints a vivid picture of the miseries of rural American life in the early nineteenth century. The original is very rare." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)

Table of Contents:

Publisher's Preface; Preface; Testimonials; Arts And Remedies.; Hysterics And Colds; Bleeding; Falling Away; When Anyone Is Sick; Worms In Men And Cattle; Slander; Colic; Fever; To Attach A Dog To A Person; Palpitation Of The Heart, And Hide-bound Persons; Injuries; A Wand For Searching For Iron, Ore Or Water; How To Obtain Things Which Are Desired; Catching Fish; Various Ulcers And Boils; Mortification And Inflammation; To Prevent Wicked Or Malicious Persons From Doing You An Injury; Bots Or Worms In Horses; The Poll-evil In Horses; Bad Wounds And Burns; Wild-fire; Pains; Warts; Whooping Cough; Bleeding; Toothache; Walk Securely; Colic; Convulsive Fevers; The Fever; Plaster; Eye-water; The White Swelling; Epilepsy; Burns; Bleeding; Pain; Toothache; Bruises And Pains; From Albertus Magnus; Fits Or Convulsions; Headache; Broken Glass; Make Cattle Return Home; To Prevent The Hessian Fly From Injuring The Wheat; To Prevent Cherries From Ripening Before Martinmas; Stinging Nettles; Sun-flower; Sore Mouth; Consumption; Swallow-wort; Hollow Horn In Cows; Wheal In The Eye; To Make Chickens Lay; Divinatory Wands; Tape-worm; Bots In Horses; Burn; Snake-bite; Mad Dogs; Remove Pain And Heal Wounds; Fever, Worms, And Colic; Weakness Of Limbs; To Make Horses Eat; Rats And Mice; Wen On Horse; Eye-water; Immobilizing Thieves; Sweeney In Horses; Molasses; Beer; Epilepsy; Make Cattle Return Home; Sores; Wounds; Sore Eyes; Lice; Paper Blotting; The Gravel; Incontinence; Remove Wen; Field-mice And Moles; Eye Scum; Deafness And Toothache; Painful Teething; Vomiting And DiarrhŒa; Burns; Oil Of Cloves A Panacea; Dysentery And DiarrhŒa; Toothache; Advice To Pregnant Women; Mad Dog Bite; To Increase The Growth Of Wool; Mortification; The Poll-evil In Horses; Scurvy And Sore Throat; Plaster; Bleeding; Bleeding; Lawsuits; Swelling Of Cattle; Fishing; Rheumatism; Worms In Bee-hives; To Prevent Gun-barrels From Rusting; A Wick Which Is Never Consumed; Prayer Before Journey; Fire And Pestilence; Conflagration; Against Malign Witchcraft; Extinguish Fire; To Prevent Bad People From Getting About The Cattle; Stopping Fire; To Fasten Or Spell-bind; Prevent Fire; After Being Bewitched; Against Sickness And Theft; Against Mishaps And Dangers; Gypsy Protection Sentence; Against Evil Spirits And Witchcraft; Swellings; To Treat A Cow After Milk Is Taken; Against Adversaries; Against Danger And Death; A Sick Cow; Fever; Immobilizing A Thief; Immobilizing A Thief (3); Releasing Spell-bound Persons; To Compel A Thief To Return Stolen Goods; A Benediction For All Purposes; To Win Every Game; Burns; Warding Cattle From Witchcraft; Binding Wounds; Relieving Painful Wounds; Worms; Against Every Evil Influence; Legal Success; To Stop Bleeding; Preventing Attack By Man Or Animal; House Protection; Charms; To Be At All Times Blessed; More Charms; To Recover Stolen Goods; A Well-tried Charm; Spring-tails Or Ground-fleas; Benedictions Aga.
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The intertribal pow-wow is the most widespread venue for traditional Indian music and dance in North America Heartbeat of the People is an insider's journey through the dances and music, the traditions and regalia, and into the functions and significance of these vital cultural events. Tara Browner comes to the pow-wow as a participant--she is a dancer of Oklahoma Choctaw heritage--as well as a scholar. Focusing on the Northern pow-wow, which derives from the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, Browner presents an in-depth discussion of the pow-wow's roots and traditions, protocols, and order of events. She also describes footwork, styles of singing, and the diversity of participants' regalia. Browner centers her discussion of the Northern-style pow-wow around the Lakota Sacred Hoop and the Anishnaabeg Sacred Fire. Browner traces the history of specific events such as the Grass and Jingle Dress dances and distinguishes among various dance types, including Traditional, Fancy, and "special" exhibition dances as well as ceremonial honor dances, giveaways, and memorials. She also discusses women's changing roles within pow-wow performance and thoughtfully examines how continually changing musical repertories, dance styles and regalia, and customs foster a vibrant state of transformation that coexists, often uneasily, with more traditional Native mores. She closes her study with a series of interviews with members of two families of pow-wow dancers, one Lakota and one Anishnaabeg. Marked by meticulous scholarship and firmly grounded in Browner's extensive experience as a pow-wow participant and observer, Heartbeat of the People is a unique and powerful celebration of the vibrancy, continuity, and evolution of an ancient music and dance tradition..
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This is a complete guide to all the activities that you might see at a pow wow. Each of the many dances are described in detail with background information and history of the dance provided .
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An invaluable relic of early-19th-century Americana, this collection of spells, incantations, and remedies is an example of that fascinating blend of Christian prayer and folk magic known as "hoodoo," which is still practiced in some areas of Pennsylvania Dutch country. In this classic work, first published in the German language in 1820 and translated into English in 1828, folk enchanter JOHN GEORGE HOHMAN-about whom little is known except that he was a German immigrant to America-shares his secret magic for: . curing hysterics . protecting oneself against slander . attaching a dog to a person . making a wand for searching for iron or water . preventing malicious persons from doing injury . curing the poll-evil in horses . mending broken glass . making cattle return home . destroying rats and mice . making a candle wick that is never consumed . charming guns and other arms . and much more..
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