Gillahan, Dolly, 1907-
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Gillahan, Dolly, 1907-
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Gillahan, Dolly, 1907-
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Dolly Gillahan discusses folklore and folk medicine in the Land Between the Lakes region of Kentucky. She describes home cures and remedies and the role of superstition and tradition involved with marriages, deaths and illness. She explains dreams and visions in regard to weather forecasting and prophecy. Gillahan further discusses the practice of the arts and crafts in the region, the construction of log buildings, farm life and food preservation. She concludes explaining how she organized the first Parents Teachers Association in the Fenton, Kentucky.
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Fenton (Ky.)
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Kentucky--Trigg County
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Kentucky
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Land Between the Lakes (Ky. and Tenn.)
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