In the newest volume from Foxfire, stories from the Foxfire archives take you on a journey through the oral tradition in Southern Appalachia. Here are instances of mountain speech, proverbs and sayin’s, legends, folktales, anecdotes, songs, and pranks and jests, along with ghost tales and accounts of folk belief, as well as stories from half a dozen of the region’s finest storytellers. This volume digs deep into the role storytelling plays in Southern Appalachia, identifying the different diverse genres of verbal art found there and exploring how they convey a sense of place and identity.