Description: FOREWORD I. OLD CRAFTS AND SKILLS 1. Dry Stone Walling: Patricia Mastick 2. Joseph J. Daniels and Joseph A. Britton: Parke County's Covered Bridge Builders: John M. Vlach 3. A Quiltmaker and Her Art: Sandra K.D. Stahl II. PLACE NAMES AND ORAL HISTORY 4. Traditions of the Devil's Hollows by John A. Gutowski 5. Hangman's Crossing: Jeffrey Schrink and Frances Schrink III. FOLK BELIEF, MEDICINE, AND MAGIC 6. The Miracle of String Measurement: Barbara Ann Townsend and Donald Allport Bird 7. Root Doctors and Psychics in the Region: Elon A . Kulii 8. A Porter County Seer by Sheryl Pisarski IV. HORROR STORIES 9. The Hatchet Man: Sylva Grider 10. The House of Blue Lights in Indianapolis: Linda Degh V. GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE AND ON THE ROAD 11. Mary Whales, I Believe in You: Janet Langlois 12. The Big Tunnel: Gary Hall 13. The Chain on the Tombstone: William M. Clements 14. The Ghost of the Doctor and a Vacant Fraternity House: James Gary Lecocq 15. The Walking Coffin: William H. Clements Bibliography of Indiana Folklore by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindahl Index

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