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Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore: 1000s of Traditional Skills for Simple Living
Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore: 1000s of Traditional Skills for Simple Living
Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore: 1000s of Traditional Skills for Simple Living
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Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore: 1000s of Traditional Skills for Simple Living

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A collection of over 1,000 craft projects, games, activities, recipes, skills, and more that transport you back to the simple life of the countryside.

In Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore, you’ll learn how to read the clouds to predict the weather, make a long-lasting campfire, can fruits and vegetables, braid a rug, use a divining rod to find water, make a hammock, brew strawberry tea, tap trees to make maple syrup, find the best fishing spots, make homemade cheese and butter, build a rubber-band boat and other children’s toys, fashion a backpack, cook up jams and jellies, keep your house spic-and-span, make gravestone rubbings, stitch a quilt, form adobe bricks, tan animal hides, dip wax candles, play Mumblety-Peg and other games, mix your own shampoos and lotions, build a tin-can lantern, make wallpaper and wall stencils, smoke sausages, cure arthritis and other ailments, fire a clay pot, craft homemade Christmas ornaments, repair leather shoes, rid your home of pests, plant your garden according to the moon’s phases, and much more.

Curated by famed Texas folklorist Jerry Mack Johnson, Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore is a homespun encyclopedia of classic country know-how.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 11, 2011
ISBN9781610602518
Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore: 1000s of Traditional Skills for Simple Living

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    Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore1000’s of traditional skills for simple livingThis beautifully crafted book has just about every tid bit of information you would want on old time wisdom of country living. It is truly an encyclopedia of all things country. Over 300 pages with 100’s of different skills represented. The vintage clip art and ad signage make this a beautiful book to glance through. Detailed drawings of herbs, trees, animals and more give you a great idea of the specific that Mr. Johnson is discussing. It would be a fantastic addition to a country home’s coffee table collection. Not the kind of book you read straight through, but one you gather bits and pieces from over time. I could see my grandparents really enjoying this book and reminiscing about their own country days. I would not take this book as a resource guide for farming today. Some of the things on it truly seem like lore or legend, and not a guidebook to farming or country living, and it isn’t meant to be that kind of book. It would make a fantastic gift giving book to someone who has lived the country life or is in love with the simple things. It covers many topics from Weather, to trees and the nature around us, to toys of the past and pastimes, and recipes and herb tonics. Fascinating read in bits at a timeOld-Time Country Wisdom & Lore: Traditional Skills for Simple LivingBy Jerry Mack JohnsonISBN: 978-0-7603-4001-1Retail: $19.99 US ▪ £14.99 UK ▪ $21.99 CANPub Date: April 2011Paperback / 352 pages / 8.5 x 11 / 469 b&w photos/. I received this book from Voyageur Press in exchange for an honest review of it.

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