Episode 91 – Appalachian Plant Lore with Becky Beyer

Summary:

We spend some time outside in this episode, where we talk Appalachian magic and plants with Becky Beyer of Blood & Spicebush. In the second part of the show, Cory tries something new and does a “practical pathworking” in the woods.

 

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Play:

Download: Episode 91 – Appalachian Plant Lore with Becky Beyer

 

 -Sources-

You should most definitely check out Becky’s EXCELLENT site, Blood & Spicebush. You may also really enjoy some of the other sites and people she recommends, such as:

• Natalie Bogwalker at WildAbundance
• The Firefly Gathering
• Earth Skills Gathering

 

There are some books worth looking at, too:

• Folk Medicine of Southern Appalachia, by Anthony Cavendar
• Signs, Cures, & Witchery, by Gerald Milnes
• The Silver Bullet, by Hubert J. Davis
• Witches, Ghosts, & Signs, by Patrick W. Gainer
• Staubs & Ditchwater, by Byron Ballard
• Invasive Plant Medicine, by Timothy Scott & Stephen Buhner
• Any of the Foxfire books

 

We’ve got several previous episodes and website articles that inform this episode and which might be of interest to you if you like this topic:

• Post 49 – Snakes
• Posts 58, 59, & 60 – Appalachian Mountain Magic, Parts 1-3
• Post 74 – Sassafras
• Post 144 – Walnuts

 

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 Promos & Music

Title and closing music is “Pig Ankle Rag,” by The Joy Drops, and is used under a Creative Commons License (available at Soundcloud.com).

 

The incidental musical selections is “Cabin in the Woods,” by the Be Good Tanyas feat. Jolie Holland (from the Free Music Archive/Soundcloud, used under a Creative Commons License). Additional incidental music is “Lucidique,” by L’Horrible Passion, via Soundccloud.com and used under a CCL. Sound effects derived from original material at SoundBIble.