Plantation Bird Legends

Excerpt from Plantation Bird LegendsBy all the inhabitants of all the plantations about now for radius of many miles deserted by the white race she was alleged to know and to practise every conjure spell or conjure cure known to the race. For her store of powers, she searched the forest through. Her Child, Jess, followed her in all her jaunts through forest and swamp in search of herbs or insects, or small wild things to be used for hands or cures.As the two wandered in the deeps of the swamp, many were the queer stories of the denizens Of the woods, the sing ing birds, that Menée told for the diversion of the Child.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.