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A rattlesnake roundup 109 19. The beauty queen at a convention 111 20. Quail season 120 21. Hunters in Wiregrass Country 123 22. Men using a net for pond fishing 125 23. A yardscape by Katie Potts 127 24. A yardscape by Gladys Westbrook 128 Page xi PREFACE Folklife, a familiar concept in European scholarship for over a century, is the sum of a community's traditional forms of expression and behavior. It has claimed the attention of American folklorists since the 1950s. Each volume in the Folklife in the South Series focuses on the shared traditions that link people with their past and provide meaning and continuity for them in the present, and sets these traditions in the social contexts in which they flourish.

I have acknowledged most of those I interviewed in the bibliographic notes. I wish everyone could know Wiregrass Country firsthand. It is a captivating land with a praiseworthy spirit. Page xv INTRODUCTION Wiregrass Country, a historic region of the South, begins above Savannah and sweeps across rolling meadows into the southwest Georgia coastal plain, fanning over into the southeastern corner of Alabama and dipping down into the northwestern panhandle of Florida. Wiregrass (Aristida stricta) depends on fire ecology to germinate.

I also thank J. Anthony Paredes for redirecting my insights about southeastern Indians. I owe a great debt of gratitude to the series editor, William Lynwood Montell, for his unwavering faith in my work. Others whom I must mention (they will know why) include Roland Freeman, Worth Long, Gerald Davis, Bruce Bickley, and John Roberts. I received collaborative assistance with chapter 2 from Jerry DeVine. Hank Willett provided the bulk of material on the African American Sacred Harp music tradition in chapter 4.

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