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In this enthralling new book, Richard Panchyk has compiled a collection of true stories from Long Island's history sure to befuddle, baffle and bemuse even lifelong residents. Who knew that Plum Island was bought with a barrel of biscuits and a few fishhooks? Or that an Oyster Bay woman accused of being a witch was instead found guilty of being a Quaker? Little-known tales of snake-eyed horses, naked ghosts, swamp serpents and cats riding horses offer a fresh look at Long Island's past.

Culled from numerous period sources, including newspapers, books and historical records, these little stories are notable both as entertaining anecdotes and as forgotten history..
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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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John Duncan first sailed to West Africa in 1841, as master-at-arms aboard HMS Albert, flagship of the Niger steamship expedition. Ravaged by disease, this anti-slavery mission soon turned into a debacle that nearly cost Duncan his life. Undeterred, Duncan returned to West Africa again in 1844, supported by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), on a solo expedition to find the legendary Kong Mountains. Duncan's chosen route took him into the militaristic state of Dahomey where he struck up an unlikely friendship with the charismatic warrior King Gezo, a man whose very name was a byword for unbridled cruelty. Gezo honoured his new friend with the protective title of King's Stranger and together they drank toasts to Queen Victoria from goblets carved out of human skulls. Although Duncan never found the Kongs, he did become the first European to explore a vast tract of uncharted West Africa, marching through swamps and savannah while hostile tribesmen dogged his footsteps. After incredible hardships and adventures he came perilously close to death yet again. For all his courage, physical strength and amazing exploits, John Duncan was ultimately a tragic figure. Forgotten by history, disdained by the RGS and the British Government, his achievements were quickly overshadowed by the titans of African exploration who followed him, notably his fellow-Scot Dr. David Livingstone, Richard Burton and Henry Morton Stanley. The King's Stranger warrants a place on the bookshelf of anyone with a genuine interest in exploration..
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What was the deadly secret of Shuller's Land? The last crop on the Long Island farm was planted in 1942, the year the land died from the horror of that one long night.

Decades later, the abandoned weathered barn that leaned precariously from old age still waited for a strong wind to complete the collapse before someone discovered its horrible secret.

Investigator Mitchell Pappas found artifacts at the farm belonging to World War II German spies. So began his mission to unravel the mystery of the forgotten farm and the disappearance of the spies and the farmer's teenage daughter, Melissa..
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Many are disquieted by how we care for older persons today. This book documents an example of care practices and management infrastructure that restore dignity and wholeness to the elderly..
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