No, FireFox is a browser, FoxFire is a series of books on all manner of folklife practices..
I believe there are 12 books in the original series. I have collected 9 of them, so far.
Foxfire books by Elliot Wigginton.From making soap, to carving water wheels from tree stumps, to... gee, the mind boggles. He sent his students out to record the folk knowledge of the generation before mine. The people who lived through the last turn of the century, while their minds were still fresh. Most of what they are passing on is stuff they learned from their parents, and grandparents.
To motivate his students, Wigginton began an oral history project, asking his students to collect oral histories from local residents. Topics included all manner of folklife practices and customs associated with farming and the rural life of southern Appalachia, as well as the folklore and oral history of local residents.
These books are like Gold, in my opinion. One place you can still find them is on eBay. Go there and type in Foxfire and do a search. With a little hunting you can find them at a great price.
From FireFox.org
Here is a "quick" description of just part of what is in the first 5 books:Quote:
"Foxfire" is the name of a series of books which are anthology collections of material from The Foxfire Magazine. The students' portrayal of the previously-dismissed culture of Southern Appalachia as a proud, self-sufficient people with simple beliefs, pure joy in living, and rock-solid faith shattered most of the world-at-large's misconceptions about these "hillbillies."
These are all circa 1970's to 1980.
Volume 1: c1972. Log cabin building, planting by the signs, moonshining, etc.
Volume 2: c1973. Ghost stories, mid-wifery, burial customs, wagon making, etc.
Volume 3: c1975. Animal care, banjos & dulcimers, wild plant foods, etc.
Volume 4: c1977. Fiddle making, horse trading, gardening, etc.
Volume 5: c1979. Iron making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, etc.
Note: If you dig around re. the author, you will find that in later years he ran into some very ugly trouble with the law. I can only suggest keeping the work he did separate from that. What he and his students produced is incredible.
Fred
PS: This weekend I am passing on my collection to my daughter, and her family.