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Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw

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Discussion of home remedies, including the phenomena of blood- stopping and fire-drawing. Mrs. Weisenberger discusses a variety of topics concerning her life in Ohio: kinship relations, coal mining, church activities, and matters related to the domestic sphere, such as quilting and food preservation. She also provides illuminating anecdotes concerning the traditional healing practices of fire- drawing and blood-stopping.

Publication Date

1981

Identifier

OH64-229

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Library of Congress Subjects

Weisenberger, Rachel, 1907- -- Autobiography.
Elm Street Nazarene Church -- Ohio -- Oral histories.
Lawrence Furnace -- Pedro (Ohio) -- Oral histories.
Clothing and dress -- care -- Oral histories.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Oral histories.

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Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-229.

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Oral History Interview: Rachel Weisenberger

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