#appalachianfolklore — Public Fediverse posts

#MythologyMonday 🍇🌿🧙‍♀️🫖
In Appalachian folklore, boneset tea was a fever remedy when “witch’s breath” (illness) swept the mountains. 🤒⛰️🌳🌡️

💮 #Yarrow was brewed to “sweat out” sickness, and elderberries offered magical protection and healing from colds. Herbs hung above doorways guarded families from plague.
#BonsetTea 🌿🫖#Witchsbreath #AppalachianFolklore ⛰️🌳#HerbalWellness 🌿🍵

Sources: Foxfire Books; Phyllis D. Light, Southern Folk Medicine

📷by Barbi Gardiner

#MythologyMonday 🍇🌿🧙‍♀️🫖
In Appalachian folklore, boneset tea was a fever remedy when “witch’s breath” (illness) swept the mountains. 🤒⛰️🌳🌡️

💮 #Yarrow was brewed to “sweat out” sickness, and elderberries offered magical protection and healing from colds. Herbs hung above doorways guarded families from plague.
#BonsetTea 🌿🫖#Witchsbreath #AppalachianFolklore ⛰️🌳#HerbalWellness 🌿🍵

Sources: Foxfire Books; Phyllis D. Light, Southern Folk Medicine

📷by Barbi Gardiner

#MythologyMonday 🍇🌿🧙‍♀️🫖
In Appalachian folklore, boneset tea was a fever remedy when “witch’s breath” (illness) swept the mountains. 🤒⛰️🌳🌡️

💮 #Yarrow was brewed to “sweat out” sickness, and elderberries offered magical protection and healing from colds. Herbs hung above doorways guarded families from plague.
#BonsetTea 🌿🫖#Witchsbreath #AppalachianFolklore ⛰️🌳#HerbalWellness 🌿🍵

Sources: Foxfire Books; Phyllis D. Light, Southern Folk Medicine

📷by Barbi Gardiner

#MythologyMonday 🍇🌿🧙‍♀️🫖
In Appalachian folklore, boneset tea was a fever remedy when “witch’s breath” (illness) swept the mountains. 🤒⛰️🌳🌡️

💮 #Yarrow was brewed to “sweat out” sickness, and elderberries offered magical protection and healing from colds. Herbs hung above doorways guarded families from plague.
#BonsetTea 🌿🫖#Witchsbreath #AppalachianFolklore ⛰️🌳#HerbalWellness 🌿🍵

Sources: Foxfire Books; Phyllis D. Light, Southern Folk Medicine

📷by Barbi Gardiner

Legends tell of small, pale-skinned people that once lived in the Southern Appalachians. The Cherokee called them the Moon-Eyed People because they only emerged from their subterranean homes at night due to their eyesight being so poor that sunlight blinded them. #FolkloreSunday

📷: Aron Visuals

#Folklore #MoonEyedPeople #Moon #Appalachians #Cherokee #AppalachianFolklore #CherokeeFolklore #NorthAmericanFolklore

Belated #Introduction

30+ years in workplace safety. No real name due to employer. #safetyatwork

I have a lot of unconventional interests:
#cryptozoology
#UFOs
#UAPs
#Forteana
#Writing
#Dogs
#3dprinting
#3dmodeling
#HorrorLit
#SciFiLit
#ttrpg
#DND
#python
#GodotEngine
#LowCode
#GameDev
#vegetarian
#pescatarian
#Americana
#Folklore
#AppalachianFolklore
#Appalachian

I'm an amateur at pretty much everything.

Belated #Introduction

30+ years in workplace safety. No real name due to employer. #safetyatwork

I have a lot of unconventional interests:
#cryptozoology
#UFOs
#UAPs
#Forteana
#Writing
#Dogs
#3dprinting
#3dmodeling
#HorrorLit
#SciFiLit
#ttrpg
#DND
#python
#GodotEngine
#LowCode
#GameDev
#vegetarian
#pescatarian
#Americana
#Folklore
#AppalachianFolklore
#Appalachian

I'm an amateur at pretty much everything.

Belated #Introduction

30+ years in workplace safety. No real name due to employer. #safetyatwork

I have a lot of unconventional interests:
#cryptozoology
#UFOs
#UAPs
#Forteana
#Writing
#Dogs
#3dprinting
#3dmodeling
#HorrorLit
#SciFiLit
#ttrpg
#DND
#python
#GodotEngine
#LowCode
#GameDev
#vegetarian
#pescatarian
#Americana
#Folklore
#AppalachianFolklore
#Appalachian

I'm an amateur at pretty much everything.

Belated #Introduction

30+ years in workplace safety. No real name due to employer. #safetyatwork

I have a lot of unconventional interests:
#cryptozoology
#UFOs
#UAPs
#Forteana
#Writing
#Dogs
#3dprinting
#3dmodeling
#HorrorLit
#SciFiLit
#ttrpg
#DND
#python
#GodotEngine
#LowCode
#GameDev
#vegetarian
#pescatarian
#Americana
#Folklore
#AppalachianFolklore
#Appalachian

I'm an amateur at pretty much everything.