Matthew Branch - Signs, Cures, and Witchery: Appalachian Cosmology and Belief (review) - Journal of American Folklore 117:466 Journal of American Folklore 117.466 (2004) 457-458 Signs, Cures, and Witchery: Appalachian Cosmology and Belief. 2001. By Gerald Milnes. 57:30 min. Video format, color. (Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, West Virginia.) Central West Virginia is blessed by the presence of the Augusta Heritage Center, an institution that actively promotes the state's history and folklore. The Center's main focus is a five-week folk music festival during the late summer. Tutorials, concerts, and workshops present a variety of traditions, with weekly themes that range from old time music to swing, Zydeco, and Irish folk dancing, as well as topics such as folk beliefs, healing, and basketry. Gerald Milnes, a folklorist...