Document Type
Term Paper
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Date
1950
Keywords
Pow wowing, folk cures, bleeding, backwards, Bible, headache, rheumatism, toothache, cows
Description
A typed term paper entitled, "Pow-Wow", completed at Franklin and Marshall College by John D. Trout III, dating from circa 1950. Within, Trout details a variety of pow-wow cures he learned during his fieldwork in Lancaster, Berks and Chester County, Pennsylvania, ranging from cures for toothache to a method to relieve bloated cows.
Corresponds to:
Packet 592
City
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Language
English
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Recommended Citation
Trout, John D. III, "Folklore Term Paper: Pow-wow" (1950). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 137.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/137
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