History of Feminism

more about quilt patterns and their symbolic meaning. I know they were used as signals on the Underground Railroad, but IIRC some of the symbols are actually Celtic.

In her fictional book, Ghost Riders, Sharyn McCrumb has a scene where Civil War reenactors have disturbed the ghosts of actual soldiers, and one of the women spectators has her family get on the quilt she has brought to sit on because she says the symbol is old and will protect them. Or at least that's close to how it goes as it's been a while since I read her work. She weaves a lot of mountain superstition into her narratives, and has an old wise mountain woman reoccur in several of her books. Now I want to read them again and my reading list is too long already!

Are you familiar with the curandera? If not, she is the Hispanic version of the healer woman. Interesting how she crosses cultures, isn't it?