Signs, Cures, & Witchery

[@elizabethtaylor8366]

When I was a child, I had no idea I was training to be a poultice healer. I was shown what grasses, tree bark, weeds, etc. to gather for different illnesses. I was given a burlap purse that had many pockets, to place each herb. We also gathered for cooking, so my purse was always full. I was taught to dry my pickings and how to reconstitute each. My cousin had a really bad burn, and I was sent out to gather burn herbs. I made a poultice and within minutes, he said the pain was nearly gone. It healed within 2 weeks, as though nothing had happened, with the exception of a very small scar, which Granny said was his fault, because he peed outside during a full moon…. I’m now up in age and still don’t understand that, lol.

[@palomaf.2150]

You should teach others so this kind of healing doesn't disappear 🌻

[@notyou6684]

He needed to stay out of the moonlight is the reason why she said that,I think.Best to stay out of those powerful beams if you ain't got the knowing.

[@theuniquebean]

Wish I could learn something like this first hand. How lucky you are and those that you heal. Hugs💕✨

[@infomentarydotcom5562]

its nonsense

[@lindadiethron1783]

Full moons are very important to witches and he disrespected a full moon.

[@jeffersonderrickson5371]

My Great Aunt Martha was a second generation free person who was our family historian. She claimed to be a shaman. But no lie, I had a wart on my knuckle about 3 mm round, and she said "give me a penny and Ill take it from you" she then rubbed that penny over my knuckle and stuck it in her pocket and not even a day later it fell off. I call myself a man of science and mathematics, but there are things we can never understand.

[@justforfunsies5000]

There’s a scientific explanation for that remedy. Same with using a potato slice.

[@patriciastaton6182]

So I have a wart I need to rub a penny on it??

[@sweetnfirey]

I wonder if it was a pure copper penny.. because copper has many healing properties

[@vondaalissa804]

My step mom would soak the penny in vinegar and it would heal wars and ring worms

[@catalhuyuk7]

I had the same situation. A wort and a penny. My gramma said after it did its magic I had to throw the penny away. Within a week the wort was gone.

[@WVMntnMomma-lg2oy]

Growing up listening to the old timers was my favorite thing to do.. Still yet, just all the old timers I grew up with are dead and gone.. But I loved growing up here in West Virginia, and till this day I wouldn't want to live nowhere else except these old mountains. Some people want to live at the beach or lake or in the city.. But not this old girl I live in the most Southern county of WV, Mcdowell county.. I'm 10 minutes from Virginia and 25 minutes from Kentucky.. Country girl born and raised.. I remember a little baby was real sick in my family and my momaw said to go talk to this healing woman, that lived in the head of the holler, the so called with told them to throw a pair of the baby's shoes in whom ever they thought, had put a spell on the baby, and they did, the baby got better over night.. My grandmother an grandfather went to church always old regular Baptist and after church service was over my grandparents would send me an my cousins out side to the vehicle and I remember several times they would pray demons out of people, one time I over heard my grandma's telling my mom that they prayed for the preachers daughter and she contoured in ways a normal human couldn't and slithered like a snake an the floor while she hissed and used the name of the Lord in vulgar ways.. Supernatural, or evil or what ever you want to call it is as real as us breathing air.. I think as the old timers and old ways die off thats why the world is getting taken over by evil.. Anyways thank you Lord for letting me grow up in these old mountains.. I loved this little documentary I wish there was more like it..

[@michelewalburn4376]

We live in a magical world. It's the churches that are teaching that is not true. What do they gain by the world becoming more evil? What master do they really serve?

[@sherrykeeton4150]

@@michelewalburn4376 .....they want to destroy morals and humanity...the people are truly wicked....

[@MzClementine]

@@michelewalburn4376 un-freaking believable I can't even talk about my gifts and other things that I'm running into. KZbin told me my comment sorry my argument is invalid. Infuriating

[@ArtisticOdysseys]

I love these mountains too and thank God for them everyday! I completely agree that what's wrong with the world today is that these types of spiritual gifts are being called witchcraft or whatever besides what they really are which are gifts of the Holy Spirit! The reason I say that is because all the healers I knew of didn't know how to write barely knew how to read but were strong believers and the Bible is the only book they ever read. My great grandma was German and great grandfather Irish and my grandmother had a ton of stories like this. Her youngest boy was taken to the seventh son of a family at the bottom of the mountain to buy his warts away that he had been struggling with for months all over both hands and after that meeting a week or so later they were gone! Also she would tell the story of a healer here that could blow in a babies mouth and rid it of thrush. All sorts of amazing things God was doing! I pray we still have these gifts and keep them alive here in southwest Virginia!

[@justinlesseski8161]

Now it's your time to tell us stories. I'll listen

[@JennAmazed]

Listening to these folks brings tears to my eyes. God forgive my selfishness but I miss my Granny and Pappaw and Mammaw and Pappaw and all my elders who have gone on. I'd love to have them back. I'm know that's awful and this world ain't fit for em. But I sure miss em so much. I miss their stories and their wisdom so very much. I wish I could remember more so I can teach my girls and my grandbabies. All of these precious people are just about gone. Very few left to tell us these good ol way

[@ladyhawk1083]

People needs to teach their children what their ancestors have taught and told them it is the way to God and heaven

[@tracygough11]

My thoughts exactly!

[@ravenravella1000]

😪❤❤‍🩹❤

[@ToddiGreat-le2qu]

Don't cry. Rejoice! You got to be around some of the finest folks the good lord ever set. I miss mine but I don't cry . They taught me so much. I'm a very lucky man.

[@Wendy-Williams-NC]

Great documentary!! I was born and raised in Duplin County North Carolina on the Cape Fear river and many Europeans traveled to the appalachains through this area, some staying because of the good hunting, fertile land etc...I lived with my grandparents in the home my great grandparents built and my great-granny was with us until I was 13. By the 80s so many old timers and old traditions were but stories but some of what I hear on this doc melds with stories I heard growing up, mostly as superstitions and wives tales. My great-granny born in 1896 was such a treasure trove of old world ways and she provided many hours of storytelling also beginning with "well, Ma said...." I wish I could have her on video telling these old stories. I was born with an old soul as they say because I was perfectly happy spending time with my elderly family rather than with kids my age. I wouldn't trade that time with them for anything!

[@bbe3034]

My grandmother was born in 1894. I was among the last few grandchildren. She lived right down the hill from our house. I stayed with her everyday from the time I was born because my mom went back to work with my dad. Then when my grandfather died, she asked my parents if I could spend the night with her. I loved her so very much. She made sure I was in church and Sunday School every Sunday even though she never learn to drive. If my mom couldn’t take us, she always made sure we had a ride. She even taught my Sunday School class and Vacation Bible School. She passed away at 94. I’ll always regret not having her come live with me, my husband and children! 😢😢😢 I named my daughter Molly after my loving grandmother.

[@marivposa9640]

@@bbe3034thank you for sharing. If it helps forgive your self, know they don't like moving to new places.

[@kimconley3782]

My great grandmother was a healer. (East Tennessee). The story was she was born with a veil over her face. It was believed that if you were born with this “veil”, you were a healer. People came from all over the area for her to heal them of afflictions. My dad told me whenever he had a wart, sting or skin condition, she would heal him. As a boy he fell into a hornets nest and was stung so bad, they thought he would die. Great Grandma Nancy healed him!

[@melissaweigh4508]

What was your grandma's name if u don't mind?

[@tinamaria3474]

Hello MISS KIM❗ I'M TINA & FROM: GEORGIA IN UR COMMENT, YOU MENTIONED WARTS; WOULD YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT PROCEDURE WAS ⁉️⁉️. I CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO A DR.& LASER THEM OFF... I HATE THESE THINGS, SKIN TAGS TOO JUST FOUND THESE STORIES, THIS WAS WHY I LOVED MY ELDERS SO MUCH. NEVER TOLD ME NO WRONG. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME, IF NOT, IT'S OK TOO🙏💜🇺🇸

[@sunnydee5998]

@@tinamaria3474 my grandma would tell you to go pick a rock and she would rub the rock on them warts. And then the person with the warts throw that rock backwards behind your back and never look back at it. I personally healed warts on my son with a fingernail file and tea tree oil wrap it up and the 100% organic tea tree oil kills it

[@cassandraconroy563]

@@tinamaria3474 we got rid of a wart on my husband's foot with organic apple cider vinegar (the kind with the mother in it). Every day we would put the apple cider vinegar on a cotton ball, cover the wart with it, and tape the cotton ball over with adhesive tape (whatever sticks :) and within about 2 weeks the wart had disappeared. Hope that helps.

[@rochelleeisenberger2360]

another word for the veil is a 'caul' - the placenta was over her face at birth. many times those were saved and pressed between pages of the family bible. very potent sign of a healer!

[@bemdederwin1554]

Natural, green, hedge witches are still here. Precognition, communing with the spirits of nature and the spirit world still happening, especially in some families. We are still here. Appreciate the fae (the good neighbors). Have a healing touch with animals and a green thumb. My family does, I do and my daughter does. Still here .

[@blessedbees4247]

Yes, still here. Still healing, still planting and gathering herbs on a full Moon, still scrying. Yes Bemde, still here. And it’s good to know you and your family still keep the old ways. The old ways are still needed, especially these days.

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

My Mom had the power as well to see and know, it was passed down to me and then onto my Son. We have a mental connection that can't be described. Now I have a new granddaughter which is almost 2 and is a firecracker, I can't wait to see what she is capable of. Stay safe out there Hun. :::; waving from Texas ::::::

[@OwlshamanCYM]

Signing in. Still here.

[@TV-ij3lv]

I knew something was leading me to the Appalachian Allegheny area it was calling me to peace on earth

[@TV-ij3lv]

Any locals to the greenbriar wv area

[@needsaride15126]

Fantastic documentary. I wish there were more like it. I could listen to those old stories all day.

[@logat1847]

Same. I can’t imagine how many stories have died out with no ear to listen to them

[@LadywatchingByrd]

I concur!!

[@teresastillabower8361]

I worked as a patient sitter for elderly people for several years. I would get them talking about the old days. I wrote many down at the time. I was going to put together a book. You can always visit nursing homes and get them talking.

[@needsaride15126]

@@teresastillabower8361 That would be a very interesting book. I hope you'll write it someday. Or at least share some of their stories.

[@thegammakat]

for similar stuff about Appalachian life and stories there's a book series called foxfire that's mostly interviews and the second issue has a good few ghost stories.

[@DjD5]

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it” ~Ronald Dahl~

[@wokdemiddlepath7063]

People who understand the rules of nature know magic is real

[@traceysankar-charleau4003]

I'm from the Caribbean.. and every plant and tree in our yard has a purpose for healing.. we take bush baths to cleanse ourselves from the evil eye and ppl who just have bad negative things towards us. Our folk ways where passed down from my great grand parents from India and Portugal.. the old ways don't lie ♥️

[@annaceciliafuglestad1120]

CAUSE NATURE IS MAGIC !

[@melodyofpsalm9468]

The devil is real too!

[@melodyofpsalm9468]

@@traceysankar-charleau4003 Tia Dalmas would agree

[@of_the_how_or_why_of_me__t8685]

I've been bound since I was about 3 yrs old .. was all white light @ before the first breath ... all of my sides of people ( 4 different families I am . Birth side , raised as side , adopted as one of , and birth.) I know 3 out of the 4 are all mountain type peoples.. yup..born on a 7, birth is a 7 another birth is a 7 , a raised as is a 7 from a 7 , I may be a 7 too , I don't know , I ask questions and I get zero answers.. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@VirgoArtsOfficial]

Just found out I have Appalachian ancestry after years of never knowing who my ancestors were (I was adopted privately at birth). Seeing this makes my heart swell with joy.

[@galenmullenax4039]

welcome to the family ❤

[@jamieneal4274]

Welcome dear from Tennessee.

[@patriciastaton6182]

❤️ Emily your special

[@elizabethtaylor8366]

Welcome, from West Virginia!

[@derkscabinetdoor5370]

This is my favorite comment. Welcome to Appalachia

[@kes9612]

These are the kinds of documentaries that should be cherished and passed down for generations to see&hear. There is much to learn from our previous generations and if people dont believe that then at least they should be preserved for posterity's sake. Thank you for sharing, thoroughly enjoyed the storiea, reminds me of my MawMaws tales of the old days

[@rlnstn9300]

My Dad was born in 1923. I was born in 1963. I used to love hearing him talk about how he grew up. I could listen to those stories over and over. I miss him.

[@Mr93sharpei]

I agree.. Mom and my grands passed lots of these ways down here.. I believe in unseen forces.. This documentary is a treasure..

[@Beastro777]

but the demarcates are trying to destroy the past, so they can keep controlling everyone

[@reginaann7792]

These are the kind of stories I grew up on. Grandma had her own ways and spell jars. Not like these glamorized witches you see on Instagram and tiktok. Of course grandma didnt consider herself a witch, more of a healer.

[@alidelatierra]

Your icon is similar to native Andes healing symbols/diagrams, would you mind explaining it? I’m Mexican and Irish and I’m finding my ancestors old ways from both sides were very similar

[@reginaann7792]

@@alidelatierra it's the helm of awe. A viking symbol of protection

[@alidelatierra]

@@reginaann7792 interesting it is also a tool of spiritual technology in parts of the americas

[@reginaann7792]

@@alidelatierra Nice!

[@lynnpayne9519]

Nobody in my family called themselves witches. It was just traditional ways. They were from the Appalachian trail area of Maine on the Canadian border.

[@monkshavano3613]

Anything you do to others will come back with added momentum,so I choose blessings over cursing,once I was cussing at my brother ,a hand hit me in the back of my head and a voice said let your cursings be blessings lest your own sword be upon your own back !!!!

[@texasfossilguy]

if thats true why are war criminals walking around?

[@monkshavano3613]

You mean ,like houssane,or binladen, how'd hittler make out?

[@penname40]

@@texasfossilguy , if they are “walking around” they are still alive… their life is not over.

[@thedivinecouncil9997]

Curses are like chickens they always come back home to roost.

[@MommaLousKitchen]

Definitely

[@randysparks5413]

My sister was friends with a girl who moved things with her mind.Her and her mom were both said to be witches.This was in Hazard,Kentucky back in the 70s.

[@Yeehaw0588]

I used to be able to move small objects like pencils ect. But something happened and ever since then I lose the ability, I was just getting good at it too

[@StoryByte9999]

That last line was kind of sad; of all things she misses its having a cow. Someone should give her one before she dies.

[@333AppalachiaEnergetics]

And help her care for it, feed, hay, grains. If she was close to me or my family I would make sure she had what she needed to be content. So much folklore & knowledge

[@constancemiller3753]

Just visiting a local farm or petting zoo can help. Old farmers just like to hear and smell animals and fresh air.

[@Teresia12]

Maybe starts a go fund me to buy her a cow and a lifetime of help n feed. Surely someone up there would help. I'd do it but I'm old n don't know how.

[@lorimiller4301]

I wish I knew how to do it but I don't either. If people only knew how wonderful animals are they wouldn't allow them to be treated the way they are. It breaks my heart. If I was rich I would go around in an RV helping people. A and E TV had a Show like that for a short time. I thought it was the coolest ever. They would just drive around and trust their intuition on when to stop and try to make a strangers life better. There was a crew following behind with the skills to find people who were willing to help out the other people. It was a beautiful thing to watch.

[@fosholyfe6115]

We should have our animals services ran by the foster kids.. The foster kids raised by the"foster" old folks .... And the animals are a service to all 😊 Ok, what world problem is next?!

[@brittanifurman8193]

When you're never in want in today's age and hardly spend time outside we miss out on such things. I think human beings have an inate ability to tape into the energy of the world around them and also the Lord God always provides for his people especially through miracles. What a truly amazing documentary.

[@conniefoxx9813]

My grandma was a bit 'witchy' and used to midwife and had all kinds of superstitions or 'ways'. The whole of my mom's side of the family all seemed to have had some kind of experience with what most would think of as supernatural (ghosts/demons/water witching). My great aunt from that side was thought to be a witch. OH MY GOODNESS...and my great grandma would sing that same song 'Come butter, come" when she was churning butter. Heck, the woman was still churning butter the old fashioned way with a wooden butter churn when we'd spend the summer at their big old farmhouse, and sit and piece quilts all day. I've lost count of the times we were asked to thread her needles for her.

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

That is super cool! You should try to get as many stories as possible from family while you can 😍

[@lindellschlather93]

Yes we all should learn from family while they are.still here mine.are all gone.now

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

@@lindellschlather93 all of our family's elders are passed or have severe dementia, its so important to learn from them while we can...

[@lindellschlather93]

@@Sunshine_Daydream222 yes is lonely time when I or you anybody is without kin especially the holidays

[@conniefoxx9813]

@@Sunshine_Daydream222 Yup. I've been writing a journal for my grandbabies with family stories and our family tree. Their mom and I don't get along (she's a crazy manipulative beeyotch who pretends to be some super Christian), so I don't get to see my grandchildren.....and my son lost his cahones I reckon....so I write the journal for my babes for when they are grown and have any curiosity about Grammy's side of the family. We're from the south, their mom is from crazy town in the northwest. She deliberately got pregnant just before my son shipped out to Iraq knowing he was a decent guy who would do the right thing. She already had a one year old from some other guy, so you'd think she'd know what caused it. Yeah....all the family stories are going into this journal and that's why it is being saved till my sweetlings are grown.

[@rebeccaramos6384]

This touches the heart. The stories are strong, yet fragile and beautiful in an ethereal kind of way. Witnessing this narrative, stirs something deeply human , profoundly moving. Thank You for presenting this important piece of our living history.

[@PepsiCola298]

Yes it's so heartwarming and exciting to hear about how it was for them growing up. I miss all of the one's who has gone on 😪. God Bless everyone

[@kmk830]

My Dad ALWAYS allllways told us that your hair and your nails had power and he would say he always felt weaker after a hair cut. I miss that so much. Love the memories. 💗

[@commoveo1]

Your Father’s Hair. Very grateful for your post. I know for a fact when I would get my haircut I became ill. Thanks now I know it’s very much fact!

[@johndoppleguard]

Crystal? Nice darlin. Still looking way groovy arnt ya.? Hell yes. 😘

[@PhoenixLyon]

Native Americans, and other cultures, bury hair and finger and toenail clippings ✌🏻🐱

[@ossianatepfenhart7022]

This explains why I feel so much better when my hair is past my waist.

[@jodijode8183]

I always had a haircut 2 days before I had my babies, they all came early.. I have a sneaky suspension getting my hair cut set off my Labour in some weird way.

[@Twilightsummerbreeze]

It is amazing that while we live on the same planet, there are such different worlds to live in.

[@oogletbooglet6909]

for some; its a life of CONSTANT Pain/Agony/Torture....like "animals in labs",testing,0r "Factory-farmed"....'when i hear a complaint,or feel like one'---i stop & think!

[@Ricca_Day]

Lol! My other grandmother was German, a Bowman to boot! She used to say, " 'Each to their own liking', said the old lady as she kissed the cow." The lovely little lady at the end missing her cow brought that back to mind. It took me the better part of 50 years to figure out that what it meant was precisely what this sweet soul was saying. Versatility and Thrift! Brava!

[@kgraham5820]

This is a awesome video! Whoever thought to put these traditions, culture and history to video had a great idea so this information isn’t lost to time. Sometimes us younger folk don’t know when to listen to our elders, because we already think we know it all.

[@katrynamcintyre5687]

May 12, 2024: THANK YOU to all who have left comments. The DEVIL....is the 'prince' of this world. Because of this wicked ANGEL, we must all die but do not give up. My Parents: Mary Louise Trambley & Fermin Pacheco Jr. {Mora, New Mexico} HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! I send abundant blessings to each of you, KATE

[@williamshane3069]

You must Bea Karen I'm a witch and I'll cures and he who ever crosses me , you wanna be next

[@zekedaley8665]

@@williamshane3069 if anything you are the one acting like a karen because you are offended because he said use good to defeat evil, plus if you was really a "witch" you would know only a female can be a witch

[@zekedaley8665]

@Robin satan lied, he said if she eats the fruit then she will have knowledge an be godly, she didnt end up godly but ended up as a mere human

[@zekedaley8665]

@Opal Allen i like it too but its much more pathetic then being goldy and have knowledge of all, earth was literally a punishment for satan thats why most things here are bad, he was cast to earth till judgment day

[@MsAnon4223]

Magick is about balance. There is a place for both left hand and right hand path. I can't stand y'all preachy Wiccans and Christians finger wagging at curses. Mind your own altar.

[@bessiemann7468]

I listen to these stories growing up. I have passed them to my children they love hearing them. My Dad would be 113 if he was here today,his Dad was Cherokee his Mom was what they call black dutch.My Mother told me of different things

[@Fayefaye90]

Appalachian documentaries will always be my favorite thing about KZbin. I'm always looking for new docs I haven't seen yet. This one was amazing! Truly magical🍃🌳🕯🧙‍♀️🧙🏼‍♂️

[@WydeAWake-yc3tp]

Can you recommend a couple others you have loved?

[@tovah7055]

Yes please, any others on YOU TUBE you have found and could share would be greatly appreciated.

[@Fayefaye90]

@@WydeAWake-yc3tp hey I made an Appalachian playlist on here so click my name and check out my playlist, should be easy to find. Its under Appalachian Docs and I'll add to it also but once you start watching them you'll get recommend more of those type of videos. Hope you enjoy them as much as me!

[@sleepdeprivedjuicebox]

american hollow is amazing@@WydeAWake-yc3tp

[@theravyshow2570]

This is what my dad's folk were all about. This was a wonderful documentary...thankyou.

[@averylynnpoplin]

Touche, learning more here too & old ways before it is destroyed AGAIN. Funny she says if you don't believe you don't believe Bible! Yet , called German Haitian fighters in 1700s-1800s always read Geneva Bible before referring to KJV.....these people came way before ww1 or ww2

[@tinatankersleyrobinson1667]

I'm a 3rd generation witch,and make my own potions and elixirs growing my own herbs and some fruits and vegetables trying to share my love and passion for all things that are naturally grown in the old spiritual ways of healing the body without chemicals and pesticides and plastics I try to practice a clean loving environment for the body mind and soul , I have non profit and I rescue lost or unwanted animals but mostly special needs animals..but I sure get a bad rap from a lot of people where I live, when they find out I'm a witch,And it's sad because all I want to do is help,but where I live I've chosen to keep to myself now because I've been bullied and beaten almost to death..and they have continuously stomped my garden and vegetables and have even bashed in one of my black cat's head and left a dead on the porch, so not everyone understands and where I am I have to keep my practices to myself I don't belong here I wish I could move. 😪. blessings to all you witches,bless us all..so mote it be🦋✨✨✨

[@heather1731]

I’m so sorry you are treated that way.😕 I’m not a witch but I love making natural remedies and elixirs. I’m in love with all things related to nature. My family and I are originally from West Virginia and I’ve heard a lot of these stories. I wish you the best. Wish you lived near me so you could teach me how to heal. ❤️

[@tinatankersleyrobinson1667]

@@heather1731 hello darling 💜 you probably are a healer already and just don't know it, just for the simple fact that you want to be ..that you truly have to believe believe it with all your heart and all your mind, spells and potions and incantations don't work without belief and you have the one in the desire and that's the first best thing, there is that's where the magic comes from is belief, and then faith ,I love that you love nature it's so beautiful and such a gift from father mother God and we take it for granted so plant some herbs, if you don't have a place for a garden just put them on your window sill where their sunlight or right at your door by your doorstep, start with that. And I feel like maybe you need some meditation for yourself, time for yourself just you alone quietness getting back some of that strength that you might have lost within yourself. You're a strong beautiful person and nothing is by accident except accidents. My mother was a hospice nurse so I understand how to deal with sickness and death but it took a lot of time for me to understand nothing comes overnight , we can help with natural remedies like plants and herbs but we can also heal with our energies and with our hands but we have to be careful with that if we're an empath because that's part of my problem I take on other people's energies and that's not always a good thing so be careful with that. and you know that.😘 I wish we were neighbors too we could grow gardens together and we can teach each other wise things.. I hope you have a beautiful day,stay positive blessed be., 🌟

[@lrow5416]

😢 so sorry they hurt your cat. Those are the evil ones who judge. I think keeping to yourself is best, unless you find a better place to live. Sending love and blessings to you.💕

[@michelewalburn4376]

Wow. The violence of the evangelical Godists never fails to amaze me

[@sunnydee5998]

I'm a follower of Christ but I even grew up with the old ways . I guess people would have called my MA great grandmother who taught me a witch. But the problem Today is the most wicked people are running these so called houses of the Holy. There the Luciferians! I believe the new name should be Light workers for people like you. Our Bibles have been re-written by these Devils . So it's not all Truths... They left out the The parts that were more powerful than we realized Bless you sweetheart I know you mean well. The Truth will be coming out soon. And people will be apologizing for their wrong doings 😇🥰❤💫

[@brendanheffernan2671]

I'm really struck by the similarity between these stories and stories told to me by my parents who grew up in 1930s/40s rural Ireland. There are still families near me with a reputation of witchcraft in their past, generally concerning milk theft and harming the animals of others. Remarkable video.

[@4jbt05knt06]

The Appalachian mountains are full of not only german, but alot of Irish and scottish descent as well. It would make sense that these stories are closely related to Irish lore...they were quite literally carried over from Ireland.

[@Elle_Gowing]

I knew an old couple in Tipperary (gone 20 years now) who talked about witchcraft in the area. There were women who were supposed to be able to "steal the butter" which meant stopping it from forming in the churn. Also women who could allegedly curse milk and turn it sour. I knew of cures and prayers passed down through various families in Ireland for healing various ailments in cattle and other animals. A man who lived near my parents could stop bleeding in cattle with a prayer.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Well they keep taking about Germans, but about 60-70% of the Tennessee Appalachians were/are Irish and Scot-Irish, about 25% are Cherokee, and a good 50 - 70% of all of the Appalachians today have Cherokee in their DNA, a grandmother or great grandmother is common. There's some Brits (Anglo Saxens), Germans, Polish, some few Spanish, and not many if any Italians. Ill share some info with you that you might find interesting since my lineage is very Irish and I'm familiar with the area, I reside in Tennessee at present. I also have a question for you, Ill put it at the end. ___________________________ My Father's family were Tennessee born, West Tennessee, Appalachia is in East Tennessee, and its a long state, over 12+ hrs from West to East. Many migrated West for Farm land. He likely had some family that crossed through the area. Middle Tennessee is the most attractive of the 3 Regions, and West Tennessee is on the Mississippi River. *My Mother was 100% Irish (a Lynch and Murphy),* her Grandparents (Murphy and Sullivan) were from County Kerry, but they met in the USA, in Chicago (I was born in Chicago and Dad moved us to his home area when I was a child) Mother's Dad was a Lynch. My G-Grandfather Lynch founded Lynchburg, VA about 10 years before the Revolutionary War 1776. *"Thus made us DAR, "Daughters of the American Revolution", it is considered quite prestigious, and very few are Irish, 98% are British. I've never really joined, although I could at any time, Mother wanted me to join. The other prestigious affiliation, even more so, is the Mayflower affiliation. They are all British. We also have a Lynch that Signed the "Declaration of Independence" The Lynch family were largely well to do, although I believe the children, my Grandfathers siblings, were possibly a bit spoiled and what was inherited was spent, cause it didn't trickle down, but they were well respected and gave us a truly Historical Family Lineage. I think the Lynch line is from County Mayo. My Dad was German, German Jew, Irish, and Cherokee. His Dad's Dad was (German + German Jew) and Irish 50/50, his Mother was Irish and Cherokee 50/50. The Children, my siblings and I have DNA that reflects: the larger % is *(#1) Irish of Basque Lineage, and I'm Rh(-)* (2) Ashkenazi Jew very little to almost no German, it was far more German Jew, name Edelman and Eddlemon (the latter was adapted by a Grandmother, so no one would think they were Jews, Dads family were Southern Fundamentalist Evangelical Baptists) Mercy they are some fear instilling People and most are very Judgemental. Mothers family: the Lynch side Methodist, likely post immigration, her Mother's side *"Irish Catholic"* which is what I became, Grandmother had quite an influence on me, she was such a wonderful woman and I miss he so, she passed when I was 7. But I've always held such a special place in my heart for/with her. Mother had me when she was 30, so my Grandparents were older, born in 1901, 1903, 1901, 1905, My great Aunt, a Lynch was born in 1888. She was Gorgeous, and I adored her. I plan to go to Ireland and would like to stay for 3 months and if I can rent a Guest House or Studio that's by the Ocean, I would extend my stay to 6 months or more. I traveled with my job, a VP in Sales for a Laboratory that sold the Toxicology Services (Corporate Drug Testing) calling on clients all over the USA and Canada. I had to quit working due to symptoms resulting from Radiation Treatment for Graves Disease. I'm doing better now, but it has taken 15 years. Now I want to use my God given talent, Art (Oil on Canvas) and my degrees are in Sociology, Journalism, and History/Ancient History, so durning these years I have done quite a bit of Research and I'm going to use it, there's at least 3 - 5 Books in my notes, that Journalism degree has served me well (Marketing, Sales, Advertising, PR, and Public Speaking), and my Sociology degree + Research, will be 1 - 2 books, one will be a book that would be used for Academic purposes, Sociology Classroom. I do have one in mind that I expect could be a candidate for a Top 10. This one I've spent a good 4 years in study and practice and it has great value and positive information that can benefit the Public, so there's a Market for it to appeal to that would be its Top 10 Potential, and the subject is of service in value to everyone. If you happen to know of any information regarding County Kerry and Real Estate/Rentals, I would welcome any resource references. Best Thoughts and Wellbeing, Beth West Tennessee, USA 🍀

[@remove574]

@@bethbartlett5692 love your family history. Have a look at Mossy Bottom channel. He has moved to Ireland and has good information about property to buy. I’m sure he and his subscribers could find you a good long time rental or give you good information. I myself am Scottish with Irish grandparents like most people in west coast of Scotland

[@bethbartlett5692]

@@remove574 Thanks for the resource! Appreciate this. Best Regards! 🍀

[@boris1932]

Great documentary! It's priceless to get all these accounts recorded. There is definitely more to the unseen world.

[@angelanatasha4418]

I love documentaries like this! Especially cuz I'm fascinated with the Appalachians,Witchcraft,witches and natural medicine 💜

[@Beastro777]

Me too!!!

[@Crystal2pistolz]

Morticia, that you?

[@linshore7451]

Named my own beautiful daughter Natasha! Blessed be.

[@jimmynewsome859]

Me too

[@douggie49]

For years I kept my great grandmothers crown of feathers

[@blessedbees4247]

That’s wonderful Doug, that you kept it for so long. Most people would not have realize how important it was and would have thrown it away.

[@bonniebrown6960]

I still didn't understand what they were talking about when they told that story. Could you explain that again if you don't mind ?

[@badtoad6865]

I thought it was common practice to burn it?

[@blessedbees4247]

@@badtoad6865 In some places it is burned, depends if you are in the south or the north, also depends on your upbringing lol. Same with cauls, my GreatGrandmother kept mine in an old wooden box ( the caul ) and she said I would never drown as long as long as it was in that box. Not sure what happened to it though. She passed at 112, but before she did she gave it to my GrandDa who passed at 98, however, I have no idea where it is, he buried somewhere in the backyard lol. It seems to still be working, I have not drowned ;)

[@tandylindsay4105]

@@blessedbees4247 what is a caul?

[@oneamong5571]

Absolutely love these stories from the elders. Sure wish there were more on other stories. Omens from nature would be great. Really anything that has passed from modern society. Natural cures also. You name it. Thanks to u and everyone telling their stories.

[@paulhenry8586]

Check out the foxfire book series. You can read for days about the old ways. From building a cabin to healer stories and planting and or butchering by the signs

[@oneamong5571]

@@paulhenry8586 library? Internet? Thank you. I will look for them.

[@wildwoodsgirl1706]

@@oneamong5571 interlibrary loan exists too. They can get books sent for you from a library somewhere else if they don't have something & give you a call. It usually only takes a few days.

[@Alycenwonderland333]

Thank you for this video !!!!! It felt literally like every scene was unwrapping a Christmas present !!! Please please keep them coming Without roots - We are worse off than anything And without wisdom We are bankrupt

[@roxweinzel7436]

One of the most interesting docs I’ve ever seen. ❤️

[@CiaofCleburne]

The people in New Orleans have a tree you can put your wish “into”…naturally not everyone can drill a hole into it but there’s a large hole already in the tree. You write your wish on a paper and place it into the hole. My wishes always came true from there.

[@andrewchamberland2835]

I need this tree in my life

[@justforfunsies5000]

Yup. Always a tree with a natural growth split or knot hole. I was always taught that you never injure a tree for any reason. Clip the branches like you do finger or toe nails, but never do anything that would purposely harm the tree.

[@apokalypthoapokalypsys9573]

@@justforfunsies5000I bet you have a ton of stuff made of wood including the roofing of your house, you hypocrite. Then again, I'm talking to an adult person who actually believes that trees can grant wishes. Am I living in 2023 or in the 1400s?

[@orvillespencer1011]

I'm 55 now. As a child, I had warts on my hands. My grandmother, down in Lee County Kentucky, took a piece of wood, and cut a notch for each wart. She hid it and told me when the wood rotted away, my warts would be gone. Guess what? It worked. I did the same thing for a stepdaughter and sister-in-law. Guess what? It worked.

[@stillkickin9957]

The Old Ways are still alive in many of us

[@michelewalburn4376]

Yes they are

[@cherspindler9040]

I'm almost 72 and use dowsing rods and herbs and candle magic. 🕯

[@roserea3156]

Salt and holy water. Entry points

[@lonewolftech]

None of this is the old ways it’s the crazy ass ways of uneducated religious people..

[@marieandrews538]

My Family started hiding behind religion about 70 years ago and somehow got lost Im the first to walk my Path since then. I'm 39 now and started practicing magik without knowing when I was around 17 but in the last 6 years I've been purposely walking my path. Never felt more free.

[@cityslickerchickens5835]

My maternal family is from Anstead West Virginia, although the people of West Virginia are great, they let Christianity, especially southern baptist, blind them from really enjoying each other and life itself. There is so much the close kind will cause you to kiss. I understand what you mean by the family being lost in religion. I am now the black sheep because I refuse to worship Jesus. However, I am far more spiritual than any Christian in my family, I think you probably are too if your family is as lost as mine. You are not alone.

[@erikthomas6046]

hello frater! say, would you mind saying more about your format of practice or about the phrase 'walk your own bath'? I'm terribly interested in various belief structures that lead to magick practice

[@marieandrews538]

@@erikthomas6046 didn't think I needed to edit my comment as you read further down seems like common sense it was a typo and was meant to be "path"

[@lorimiller4301]

@@cityslickerchickens5835 I'm having a very hard time with the whole Jesus thing too. It seems like brainwashing. They can't answer a question without it being one of their sayings rather than a real truth. Then there's the eating flesh and drinking blood thing, sorry but now that feels wrong. Then there's the Vatican Church that looks exactly like the head of a snake including fangs. They have a statue of Jesus on their Altar but it looks like a Demon coming out of the ground. Then there's the whole you can't get into my Heaven unless you play by my rules. You have to believe that Jesus is the only way. Reminds me of you better play by my rules or I'm taking my ball and going home. That's not cool. God made all kinds of peoples, He loves us all. He's not going to turn away good people just because they know nothing about Jesus. I could go on but you get the idea. There's something not right. I asked Jesus into my heart, I've been Confirmed but when I asked the third time as an adult, I said I wanted the real truth about Jesus and suddenly I was lead on journey of discovering all these issues. There's something not right with the story that's told. We've been lied to so many times. Check out JonLevi and Mudfossil University. Tartaria was a real place that has been nearly wiped off the maps. It was huge and they've hidden it from us. We live in a different Whirrled then what we've been told.

[@rondelby2482]

Yes and make your own path and adventures will come.

[@lorettaatchison6126]

Witchery was common in Clarke County Alabama when my granny was young. She had told me that her granny was a witch.

[@coleDavis-df5yi]

Coffeeville ,Alabama?

[@butchcassidy3373]

I can find any pipe, wire, waterline ect. with a dowsing rod. People laugh when I say I can do it, then amazed when I show em where the line or pipe is. Don't know how I do it. Just can.

[@michelewalburn4376]

Me too. I didn't know i could. I told my husband and his friend that I could do it just to mess with them. When that man produced the dowsing rods I was stuck. Damn if it didn't work.

[@tristarperfecta1061]

My grandfather used to do it. I could never understand it. I'm going to be able to do it too though soon.

[@jameslipke354]

Same.~APRIL LIPKE

[@Fnberg744]

@@tristarperfecta1061 I use to bury phone lines for Southwestern Bell. We could usually locate utilities pretty accurately. You just believe you can, hod em real loose, and walk nice n slow.

[@MrBobbo18]

It’s magic till science explains it. God is in the margins

[@mrkultra1655]

Great presentation. These are the things that need to be written down and documented, and videoed, so they’re not lost to antiquity. Thank you.

[@brianaluna6914]

wow, this was so beautiful. I wish we still had more eelders around to keep these stories alive. this was an amazing documentary, thank you for preserving this magic, culture and history.

[@FenixintheDark]

Ironically, the very folklore they follow is based on spell work and "The Old Ways", meaning those things that would have been condemned as "Witchcraft". The thing with boring a hole in a fruit bearing tree, placing something from the person inside (hair or a fingernail), and hammering the wood plug in only three times while saying specific words is precisely the sort of thing found in spell work by modern day Pagans and Wiccans.

[@bitsmith2903]

Typical witch bullshit. Bait and switch. Lie and device to get sheep to shear. They lie all day long. It's what they do.

[@theheirofgrace8095]

Smh....my 83 yr old mother is from those mountains, we were never sick or given vitamins. Used different ways of healing us, growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, and told me stories that I will never forget. -Memphis People, the symbolism comes from Africa.

[@toniomalley5661]

The hoops of the wall behind that First Lady I would love to see more of her work

[@AnnetteTaborn]

I really enjoyed this documentary. It was very nicely done, the music was perfect.

[@stacey4u2luv]

My Grandmother truly believed that if she put her shirt on backwards or anything for that matter she would wear it that way all day, unless for some real true reason she had to change i.e. had an event that meant she really had to change to a dress or something else later. But she would not change just to correct the wrong way she put something in in the morning. It was like she believed that was unlucky enough and if she corrected it something worse would befall her.

[@sundevil2295]

That is funny, that reminds me of how my mother would get irritated if she put a shoe on the wrong foot first thing in the morning​. She said it meant that the rest of the day would be filled with bad luck. I started noticing that myself after a few years. No joke if I put a shoe on the wrong foot that day would be so awful no matter how hard I tried to stay positive things were always going wrong for me. I would sometimes wonder if it was a mental thing or if it was a real thing.

[@stacey4u2luv]

@@sundevil2295 I think it is all in the perspective. I used to tell my Grandmother that it is unlucky because people would notice or point it out to her. She would say, "I get to meet more people with good intent along the way." Myself one day I worked with my shirt inside out all day till lunch time and went to the washroom and could clearly notice. Nobody at work told me about it. Then I think about it and wonder if my coworkers have the same belief as my Grandmother or have heard of it seeing they are Irish too.

[@maryharvey6909]

Science has proved that good thoughts grow plants better than evil thoughts do. Somehow they also say that thoughts have mass. I don’t know how you measure that but it’s getting closer to proving that you can do things with your mind like these people are talking about. Says science and magic or not that far apart

[@classicrocklover5615]

I planted a fruit orchard 2 seasons ago. I went out and spent a minute or two, examining and complimenting each tree individually. It should be another 1 to 2 years before they fruit, but surprisingly they started this year. I also play music for my gardens.

[@texasfossilguy]

there were articles and rumors the Soviets proved those things in the 1980s, and its only now its known in the USA about 20 years later on.

[@paulhenry8586]

The old ones believed in planting your crops and or butchering animals by the signs.

[@classicrocklover5615]

@@paulhenry8586 my grandfathers planted according to the moon phases, which still appear in Old Farmers Almanac

[@thedivinecouncil9997]

Thoughts are things. Keep your thoughts pure because just like chickens curses and bad thoughts always come back home to roost.

[@ohsilia]

Loved every minute of this video. I can listen to old stories about these mysteries all day.

[@denisefallin8042]

I loved this. Listening to the wise ones speaking. Thank you for sharing their stories.

[@jaymu9879]

My cousin was riding the tractor with my grandpa one day and he kept reaching up for the exhaust the muffler . He finally grabbed it and it burned his hand real bad well they took him down the road to see a old lady who could talk the fire out of things and she the rubbed her hand over his and talked to the burn and he was healed pain left and not as much as blister. Also knew tale of someone talking a whart off my mom's hand when she was a child.

[@paulhenry8586]

One of my wife's great aunt's could talk warts right off. Seen it happen two or three times. She'd rub your wart and say a phrase under her breath repeatedly and within 2-3 days the wary would fall right off and not leave a trace. She said she could never tell the phrase or shed lose the ability. She also said before she passed she could tell one person what to say and as long as that person never revealed the saying the ability would continue through them. She recently passed and we still don't know who she told.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

Notice how these folks are not attention seeking? They're just telling how things were. No motive to make an identity or gain attention and such. Just telling how things were/are. Where talking about things is simply something to talk about. Notice also no attitudes, but say a clean innocence, where even though life was harder, it was just life.

[@chino3796]

Not trying to make themselves look "interesting" or "mystical". Just folks talking.

[@mikehunt8375]

Well when life is harder you appreciate things most people today dont even consider. It's sad how spoiled and attention starved everyone is today even with all the attention they get. Boy I would do anything to go back to those times! I cant stand society today. Egotistical, spoiled, selfish, children, all of them!

[@BFNLEO]

@@mikehunt8375 🎯🎯 As modern conveniences and wealth increased among society parents thought they were doing their kids a favor by “protecting” them from the cruel world and doing more and more for them, even into adulthood. But really they were setting them up to fail as adults by robbing them of the learning opportunities of mistakes and struggle. Self awareness and responsibility are rare qualities in people today, it’s no wonder we are losing creativity and problem solvers in the world to mindless, forever-dependent “victims” all over the internet. They don’t have to take care of themselves or others so they spend time attention seeking and attacking normal people that don’t want to buy into all the nonsense.

[@rneustel388]

@@BFNLEO Well said!

[@lorimiller4301]

@@rneustel388 very well said I agree.

[@nonsensicaltimes780]

We have too many distractions around us all the time, pure belief as though it has already happened, without doubt. Is a huge part of manifestation.

[@Mr93sharpei]

Thank you 😊 This is a wonderful documentary.. So glad I had the chance to subscribe to your channel.. Thank you again ☺️

[@christinamckinney4907]

Someone give the woman a cow, bless her heart! Love these people!!

[@tomdavies241]

they actually do not cost much its feeding them that gets ya

[@williambent9636]

I loved the interviewing of these people. What a gold mine of information about an all but forgotten aspect of Appalachian life. Crazy, though, how much of their culture revolved around, cows, milk, and butter!

[@stalstonestacy4316]

Milk and butter come from the cow and flour and meal're not worth much without all three

[@michelewalburn4376]

Survival depended on that cow.

[@bitsmith2903]

Milk absorbs toxins. Used when poison is in play. Think about that. There is science behind the miraculous.

[@boydcreek1]

My Grandmother was a healer. She removed warts from people with a dish rag. Sick people including babies > she took care of. She even laid out the dead. This was all before I was born, probably before she had any grandchildren. My cousin was the oldest & he was only a year ahead of me. My aunts told me about it . Grandma would not talk about it except for one case which she seemed to hurt over. A baby that she could not help & it died in her arms. She said the baby had got ahold of some heart medicine from the Doctor belonging to somebody else. My Great Grandmother from the other side was a medicine woman. She collected many herbs from the woods to use for family & neighbors. She probably sold some of those herbs. Their ancestors came out of the Ga. mountains.

[@mistyize]

Yes!! I've gotten rid of many a wart with a dish rag! Now, I was taught that it had to be a dirty dish rag, and what we did in my family was we'd "worsh" the dishes in a dish tub sitting in the sink instead of just in the sink, with water just as hot as we could stand it, and really scrub them all clean, and then directly afterward, we'd stick the person's wart in that water if we could, and scrub that wart with the rag, and then throw the wash water out in the edge of the yard, and wash the rag. You do that once a day, and depending on the size of the wart, it'll be gone in a day to a week. I'd swear to it more than any of that compound W or whatever is on the market. My grandmother showed me that when I had a wart on the palm of my hand in my teenage years, and I've passed it on to anybody I knew had a wart. Made believers out of a lot of people. My husband wrestled with a wart on his hand for MONTHS because he couldn't be bothered with "witchery," (he was brought up catholic. Lol) but he eventually gave in, and in 3 days I had it gone. 😂

[@boydcreek1]

Misty Chamberlin : Yes ! I believe that they did say that it was a dirty dishrag ! Other than that, I don't know much more about it.. Thank You for sharing !

[@deannalively4778]

OMG!!! My grandparents raised me and my grandfather told a story about an old woman who wanted to buy their milk cow. They declined and she said that the milk wouldn't be good anymore. The next day, she gave blood and they used a spell to make hers no longer good. That's been near a hundred years ago. It's so similar to the one on here

[@mckeshedaley371]

I wish the New western world as we know it would better equip young naive minds the knowledge and the importance of spirituality. These things exists, just in varied forms. Great documentary.

[@hankbonner9718]

Right, I feel ppl make a mockery out of it these days and have no clue what's really going on

[@GrizzlyGroundswell]

LOL, I had a babysitter that was a witch, a nice old lady with her own ways. I would wake up and throw a shirt on, usually inside out or backwards. The old witch, my babysitter would not let anyone turn my shirt inside right or rightside forwards. She said it would bring bad luck. I think of that kind old lady every time I put a shirt on unconventionally in my haste. Strange those interesting people that we meet along our lifes journey.

[@srunequester66]

Did she think everybody should wear the shirt inside out or backwards, or was it specific for you?

[@GrizzlyGroundswell]

@@srunequester66 I put it on backwards/inside out half asleep and she didn't want me fixing it as it would be a bad luck day for me.

[@MediaSubliminal]

I swear, this is the best documentary I've ever seen.

[@harechick]

Thank you for sharing these beautiful stories and cataloging these important tidbits of history.

[@olarrist4273]

This is really fascinating. Thank you

[@92skeet49]

Please do more of this I really love it thanks.

[@oliviamiller7434]

I am Canadian. Many of these traditions are very familiar to me in recent times. I think they must still exist.

[@kavannahlight5378]

Thank you for the great amount of work in this production! I learned so much and was completely captivated and amazed.

[@ollielong630]

I've been told about putting a nail in a certain type of tree i forget which one. You walk out of a certain door of your house first thing in the morning and walk til you come to that tree and drive a nail into that tree 1 hit. Hit it once more every morning. If someone has a spell on you it will hurt them until they die when you've driven that nail in all the way but if they come asking to borrow something no matter how small if you allow it it breaks the spell. I forget all the exact details. I had some old southern relatives who practiced witchcraft and ppl were scared of them. Odd stuff.

[@yeshuas_follower]

New sub here,I absolutely loved this, it was so interesting. I'm overseas in Scotland and we have our own stories here but to listen to ones from Virginia, wow, I want to hear more! God Bless Everyone 🙏💗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@vondaalissa804]

I adore this documentary. Reminds me of the times me and my grandma would talk when I was a child and she’d tell me all kinds of stories . I took heed to everything she said too ! I’m from the south and a lot of these things resonates with me . Thanks for sharing this message

[@janferretti2621]

Thoroughly enjoyed this documentary!

[@ronaldbelflower1236]

i loved this , it is my heritage , my grandpa did mountain magick

[@KimFsharpHarp]

When I was a kid back in the 60s/70s, many of these old timers were still alive. Sure miss all those good people in the world. 18:59 look how old that picture is!

[@brendaoves]

Some of this jarred child hood memories of stories I heard. My Mother was born and raised in Va so It does seem to make sense that her ancestors lived amongst these practices. Very interesting to watch.

[@julielandry471]

I grew up in South Louisiana... History about this was always so very interesting to since I was a child & yes I truly believe... I subscribed & Liked & waiting to hear more... Thanks for sharing...

[@patriciahartless2095]

Thank You ladies and Gentlemen . For telling about the way you lived . And and your ancestors . Enjoyed each one telling their life story .

[@imurhuckleberry5793]

Great watch for Halloween 2021 🎃 Appreciate Appalachia American History Happy first day of October - Haunt Season 👻

[@LydiaScherr]

What a lovely production, thank you for putting this together and sharing these stories. It felt like sitting down with my grandparents for an hour and just letting them tell me about their life. It was great.

[@user-22-]

That was so interesting, could watch for hours!

[@natlenan6743]

This is gold. This is my heritage through and through and Im so excited about this doc! Thank you so much and bless these folk magic elders telling their stories.

[@rondelby2482]

This is wonderful. Please do a sequel..For this video I subscribed to your channel.

[@markmckee9236]

I love this program so so much ,I have to watch it again,Thank you for making such a work of art ,

[@joshuaparsons1377]

My paternal grandmother was a very strong Christian woman, but I've heard stories that she also did some witching. Witching away warts, etc.

[@reginaann7792]

My grandma was like that. She was at church when the doors was open but still taught us old spells. She was originally from Lee county Virginia. Her and my great great aunt raised me and my cousins and we learned alot of the old ways of doing things.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

@@reginaann7792 I'll mention the staff with a serpent going up on it in the Bible. It was said to be ordered by God, many not able to distinguish might call that witchery.

[@theweirdmom]

My grandmother used to "buy" my warts and then she'd rub a cut potato on it, take the potato and wrap it in a DIRTY dishcloth and bury it in her yard. Worked every time. 🤷‍♀️

[@AO-ir6ec]

@@theweirdmom my great grandmother would do something similar. She removed a wart from my knee one time. We would visit her every summer when I was a kid. Local people were always coming to her for ailments. She would take them out on her back screened in porch and they would walk back through the house to leave and be thanking her profusely.

[@EvySurvived]

My devout catholic grandmother used to read tea leaves palm reading and card readings.

[@opengnosis8555]

This is the best documentary i have ever watched! These people are great! Love their energy! It's official, I am looking for land to come and live in West Virginia.. Ohio is BORING! Especially the people! I like Story tellers! FOLK! Know your home!

[@davidfryer9359]

That was about the best documentary I ever saw! All of it is true. To understand the symbols read Sumerian history. The first civilization had those same symbols and signs.

[@lawrencepeakoff3639]

That's very interesting I'd like to hear more about the origins..thx

[@lawrencepeakoff3639]

@Jeff Epstein yeah he believes in the 12th planet and if he was still alive he would be a scientologist for sure

[@bunnybrown809]

True, I suppose some of our folk had once belong to Sumerian roots

[@countcoupblessings979]

Thank you , this is amazing, thank you for this program ! My Moms Mom , we used to occasionally, affectionately refer to as old granny good witch . She was raised Bretheren Dunkard , and practiced Brauche or Braucherei , pa german healing . We were told ( as kids ) a few ways to counter things , should someone send troublesome things to happen in your home . ( simple things that is ) Now some of the other older folks in that community were really into some "colorful stuff". One eve a person who was at odds with grandma , called and asked if she had any "company" , in a mocking tone . In short order, out back , there were colored balls of light flying and dancing around . Soon Mom ushered us away from the windows and to stop the fuss , as Grandma had gone in her own room where the cook stove sat, to address things . I believe she was what some call a burner . This was a term that meant (loosely explained) A person in a larger community , that was tasked as one to keep the balance , to work in the light ( as it were ) yet to be learned masterfully in the dark and the light , so that they would understand readily what specifically was being done in harmful acts , etc ... All the better to swiftly wisely counter and put things right . Also the care and keeping of older peoples special items when they died. These would be given to her to "sit on them" as i call it jokingly . to keep certain things so no one was harmed by them , and to keep these things, required someone adept at minding / binding the energies that came along with these items .

[@randlerichardson5826]

I don’t know what he would do or how he done it but my cousins grandpa on his moms side could remove warts. I had a couple big warts on my right hand I can’t remember where bouts they were on my hand but I went to him he told me to stick my hand out palm up he rubbed my hand and he would say something to himself and in a day and a half them warts were gone. I’ve never had another wart on my body. He could reach up I’ve seen him do it and grab a waspers nest and crush them in his hand and never got stung. I’ve seen it myself. There would be 10-12 waspers on the nest but not a one of them would sting him.

[@cyndiamontgomery6524]

My grandmother could remove warts. She would rub castor oil on them and say something (can’t remember what it was) and the warts would go away in a few days. I had flat warts on my face when I was a child, and when I was five my mother made an appointment with a dermatologist out of town. There was a six week wait to see him, and when my grandmother heard it, said “I’ll take care of them”. She did the castor oil thing several times and they vanished. My face was completely clear in a few weeks. They never came back.

[@spaceytracey1237]

Great vid. I could listen to stories like these for days.

[@hanneoustrup1628]

How precious watching a video like this living in Denmark on a small island called Fejoe.

[@hanneoustrup1628]

A fabulous program. So enjoying it Hanne from Denmark living on a small island called Fejoe

[@danielleemerickengle]

We have this on DVD. I’d love to meet these people in the documentary. Being that it was made in 2007, does anyone know if they are still alive? There are so many unanswered questions. Also, the Wilfong Church, Probst Church and Probst School...there is no information online about what they are currently used for. I’d love to attend any local events or tours they have of these places. I usually stop by when in the area. It has such a fascinating history.

[@RuinedTemple]

I doubt it, honey, that was 14 years ago now. At least not the main group of interviewees, but maybe some of the elders who made up the younger group in the film. I imagine the red-haired woman is likely to still be with us, too.

[@Tharsismusic]

Quick research tells me Johnny Arvin Dahmer died that same year. He seemed like an incredible person

[@peaceworld5393]

@@Tharsismusic Johnny Dahmar looks like Jeffery Dahmar’s father I wonder if they were related?

[@peaceworld5393]

@@GirlMomma May explain why Jeff was like he was ! Do you think he looks like him ?

[@peaceworld5393]

@@GirlMomma Lionel Dahmer

[@ryanmarkel289]

I'm so glad the old ways is still held up and what not. I remember when my granfeller put her nail in a shoe and no one could tell me there weren't no apple under my pillow. We had a rhyme and so forth and my witch pappy never got dead.

[@ethosyourbro]

I love this! Thanks for posting. West Virginia is on my list of places to visit.

[@elfstar6238]

I LOVE THIS THANK YOU!!! it would be so sad if this was lost to time! thank you for the interviews!

[@heyokaempath5802]

My 5th great grandfather was "Johnny the Witch." His name was John Henry Fox,, Sr.. He was born in 1790 in Stokes Co, NC. He lived and died in Owsley Co, KY. I've wondered why he had that name--"the witch."

[@carolevans5285]

I surpose you couldn't have anything back in those days that went against the church. That's why they made witch craft seem so bad. I'm glad to see a documentary like this. Very interesting and I really do belive in it.

[@savedsista]

Witchcraft goes against God Himself. That's why it's so bad.

[@kellykelleher7321]

There is good and bad, but we all have Choices. Love is the Highest Power of All and Everything ❤ This was a Beautiful glimpse into the Past that continues Today. We can take this Wisdom and Help Heal and Bless Each Other ❤

[@KatyKat422]

I really loved this! I wish it was longer, and I could hear all of their full stories.

[@mgibbar]

Thank you for preserving these stories.

[@deedavis4961]

In my area.....there are ppl that can talk fire out of you, warts, they can bless your land, and curse it. I've always been fascinated by this subject.....anyone with more tales????

[@movingforward.]

There are witches in my neighborhood. But there is also lots of meth. I don't think they are vary nice.

[@TheSarahLindy]

My brother burned his hand badly in ‘88… was awful… my mom’s mom knew an old man who could “talk the fire” out of the burn. Boy he did, and brother never cried over it again! And to this day, you’d never know his had was burnt so badly… no scar, discoloration or anything.

[@angelahodack]

I grew up in Cumberland, MD. I loved hearing the way the old people talked in this video. It reminded me of listening to the older members of my family telling stories when I was growing up. Even though it was Maryland, a lot of the accents, words, and "incorrect" English were the same as in this show.