John George Hohman's Pow-Wows or Long Lost Friend, 1900
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13708Call number:
PAM BF.156.H7 1900Date:
1909Image Description:
Pow-Wows; or, Long Lost Friend is a book by John George Hohman published originally in 1820. Hohman was a Pennsylvania Dutch healer and the book is a collection of home- and folk-remedies, as well as spells and talismans. This 1900 English-edition is a translation of a German original, Der Lange Verborgene Freund, oder, Getreuer und Christlicher Unterricht fur Jedermann, Enthaltend: Wunderbare und Probmassige Mittel und Kunste, Sowohl fur die Menschen als Das Vieh [The Long Hidden Friend, or, True and Christian Instructions for Everyone. Comprising Wonderful and Well Tested Remedies and Arts, for Men as well as for Livestock]. The Pennsylvania Dutch folk magic tradition called "pow-wowing" takes its name from the title of this book.The book gained some notoriety when it was found in the possession of John Blymire, a York county, Pennsylvania man who was charged with murdering a neighbor whom he believed to have put a curse on him.
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